Updates

Region 6 Summer School 2024

You are warmly invited to Region 6 Summer School, June 20-23 at Cal State Los Angeles.  The conference will convene at 10am on Thursday, June 20 and 

March Newsletter: Worker-led organizing on the rise

From auto workers at Volkswagen to student workers at the University of Oregon and beyond, worker-led organizi

New Region 6 Staff Positions

In our first year as a re-formed Region 6, members pushed forward massive wins in organizing, bargaining, contract enforcement, and political action, and at the January 2024 Political Action &

Student Workers at WWU Overwhelmingly Vote YES to Form a Union

WAWU-UAW is part of a wave of academic organizing in higher education. 

Postdocs and Researchers at the University of Washington are on Strike

Hundreds will gather for a strike kickoff rally at 12pm on Red Square.

2,400 UW Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Scientists/Engineers (RSEs) at the University of Washington are on strike after not reaching agreement with UW administration in bargaining. They will head to the picket lines beginning at 5am. Hundreds will gather Wednesday for a strike kickoff rally at 12pm on Red Square. Press are encouraged to attend.

May 2023 Newsletter

Thanks to the active participation of members throughout the region, the past month has been full of action to make progress in bargaining, new organizing drives, political fights, and more. In the coming months, a large number of Locals and organizing campaigns in the Region will be going into bargaining, in addition to those who are currently bargaining.

Summer School 2023

You are warmly invited to Region 6 Summer School, June 25-29 at Cal State Los Angeles. The conference will convene at 4p.m. on Sunday, June 25th, and end at 5p.m. on Thursday, June 29th.

Injury to One - Recap

Last weekend, members from across Region 6 came together for a conference on gender, race, & immigrant justice, An Injury to One Is an Injury to All. Together, we discussed how to make Region 6 an engine for social justice, including by strategizing around coordinated contract campaigns, community fights, political action & more. And in workshops, members built skills in key areas for growing a fighting, inclusive union:

April 2023 Newsletter

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In the past month, active and retired UAW members have been taking action to build worker power across Region 6. Thanks to thousands of members coming together and participating at every level of the union, together we’ve made major progress in new organizing, ramped up pressure in bargaining, won huge legislative victories, and built stronger connections and solidarity with our broader communities.   

SPARKZ NATIONAL LABOR AGREEMENT

The neutrality statement is the first step towards establishing a historic climate-tech workforce partnership; catalyst is SPARKZ exploring GigaCampus in central California

Paul Schrade: A Celebration of Life

On April 21, join a celebration of the life and work of Paul Schrade, the former director of UAW Region 6 and a lifelong champion of social and economic justice.