Any DUers in the UAW but not autoworkers?

[Bill McBlueState]

Until a few months ago, I was a member of one of the UAW's locals for academic workers. Just wondering if anyone on DU fits that mold, and whether your local is doing anything to help brothers and sisters in the auto industry.

[readmoreoften]

1. Hey Bill. You know I was. I'm no longer in the local either.

I'm wondering what can be done in solidarity. I suspect my old local is just scared shitless and trying to stay afloat. (I'm finally recovering from the strike.)

[Bill McBlueState]

4. good to hear you're recovering

I saw your thread about graduating a while back. Congratulations! I'm all finished, too, and doing a postdoc in Ohio. As is typical, postdocs here aren't unionized. We get the same benefits package as the faculty, which sounds reasonable, but it's also problematic because their decision to concede a massive increase in health premiums hit me right in the wallet even though I have no representation in their union.

I'm not sure what GEO is up to at UMass, but I think they're busy trying to fight off yet another threat of massive cuts in state funding.

[readmoreoften]

11. Congrats on the postdoc.

Academic labor is a mess, isn't it? (sigh...)

[gizmo1979]

2. I'm in the UAW

And I'm a machinist for a global faucets company.

[rug]

3. I used to belong to Local 2325.

http://www.alaa.org/

[mike_c]

5. I'm not, but my teaching assistants are....

UAW local 4123 if I'm not mistaken.

on edit: my union is the California Faculty Association (CFA).

[Betsy Ross]

6. I'm a member of UAW 1981

National Writers' Union. Although we are a local, we are nation wide with small chapters throughout the country. I haven't heard anything from my local, but I expect there will be some action coming out of the Alameda Labor Council to which I am a delegate.

[Betsy Ross]

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[Siwsan]

8. UAW Local 1811 - Flint, Michigan

Clerical-Technical. I work for a local, independent, not for profit health insurance company. GM is a large part of our business, although not as big as it once was. Fortunately, the company had the foresight to begin to diversify our membership groups, and is being very responsible and proactive, taking all the right steps, but these are still very frightening times.

I haven't heard of anything being organized, yet, but being this is Flint - home of the original sit down strike, I'd be shocked if something wasn't in the works.

[Blue_Tires]

9. welcome to the site!

[MissMillie]

10. The UAW tried to organize here on my campus

but we went w/ AFSCME instead.

[NNN0LHI]

12. Retired autoworker. Still an active dues paying UAW member - Local 588

And I think Kmart employees are UAW members?

Don

[noiretextatique]

13. i used to belong to Local 2103

when I worked for Mother Jones. Our local included the Sierra Club.