'I think we'll get a good contract — one way or the other.'

Local 5285 members in Mount Holly, NC, held a practice picket to prepare for a potential strike if Daimler doesn't offer a record contract by the April 26th deadline.

Tick Tock, Daimler. You're on the clock. ⏰

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It's weird how these companies hold these 'look at all these material changes UAW already forced us to make!' meetings assuming the workers won't take the next logical step and ask themselves, 'Man, imagine how much more we could get if we joined up with UAW?'

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NEW VIDEO: 🎥 'We're ready to stand together for as long as it takes.'

Workers at Daimler Trucks in GA, TN, and NC are holding practice pickets and preparing to stand up for a record contract.

TICK TOCK... ⏰

#StandUpDaimler

I asked Tennessee Republican Rep. Chuck Fleischmann his position on the UAW union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga next week. His answer surprised me.

“I’ve stayed out of it this time… this is something that I’m going to let the workers decide.”
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Incredible 👀 #UAW #StandUp

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Tick Tock, Daimler! The strike deadline is coming up.
#StandUpDaimler #StandUpUAW

📸 Ron Rippey, UAW Local 3520

Daimler made nearly $6 billion in profits last year. They can afford to pay their workers what they deserve. They need to stop playing with the lives of their workers. The clock is ticking Daimler Truck. The UAW is ready to strike!

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UAW members have filed a lawsuit seeking to end the unconstitutional casino smoking exemption in New Jersey.

'For almost two decades casino workers have been fighting for the same legal protections that other New Jersey workers have, the right to work in a place free of toxic…

WE'RE TWO FOR TWO!

After HLS clinicians won their union earlier this week, our second unit of non-tenure-track researchers and teachers won 1094-81 (93% Yes). Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen.

Up next: winning improvements to our work!

A supermajority of Mercedes-Benz workers have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a vote to join the UAW.

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They’ve filed! Mercedes Workers in Alabama are ready to Stand Up #StandUpMercedes #StandUpUAW

The UAW is helping workers lead the largest organizing drive in modern US history.

Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama have been facing opposition from the boss, the governor and the Alabama business community that want to keep wages low. The workers will win.

It's time for change at Mercedes.

It's time for justice in Alabama.

It's time for Mercedes workers to Stand Up.

That's why Mercedes workers have filed for their vote to join the UAW, and to win a better life.

#StandUpMercedes

On April 2nd, I was honored to open bargaining with the leadership and Bargaining committee for the UAW Daimler Truck group. We also held a huge rally where I met hundreds of fired up workers who are ready to a Stand Up for their fair share of the profits their work creates!!

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked videos show Mercedes-Benz's CEO and management flagrantly union-busting at their plant in Alabama.

'For the people that want the union, I'm the enemy,' one manager says.

Mercedes tried to make workers afraid. Instead, they're filing for a historic union.

.Shawn Fain to Daimler today