Amid internal dissension, UAW is moving toward a more militant, democratic approach to upcoming contract negotiations.
The brand-new leaders of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are making ambitious demands but face stiff organizing challenges as they seek to jump-start the union, ahead of a momentous contract expiration this September at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler). At the union’s Detroit convention this week, hundreds of delegates — often local leaders — signaled they were less ready...