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  • Testing for COVID-19
    Sisters and Brothers, I want to address some of the comments and questions I’ve been hearing over the past few days concerning testing for the COVID-19 virus. Last week, UAW International staff members in Michigan received COVID-19 testing. I have heard some pretty strong comments from members concerning our staff having access to the testing. The post Testing for COVID-19 appeared first on UAW. — May 11
  • In tribute: Walter Reuther’s Impact Endures and Teaches
    Walter P. Reuther is an icon and an American hero of the working class. For those of us at the UAW, there are almost no words powerful enough to describe what he means to this union and our members. And for me, as the current president of the UAW, I am so humbled and inspired The post In tribute: Walter Reuther’s Impact Endures and Teaches appeared first on UAW. — May 9
  • A Tireless Fighter for Labor: May Reuther
    When you think of the modern labor union movement, Walter Reuther first comes to mind. But dedicatedly working alongside him in the trenches was his wife of 34 years, May (Wolf) Reuther. Throughout it all, May served as Walter’s sounding board and personal adviser. Early in their lives, while Walter was focused on labor and The post A Tireless Fighter for Labor: May Reuther appeared first on UAW. — May 8
  • COVID-19 Update 5/8/2020
    My Brothers and Sisters, I want to start this message today by recognizing our front line workers, our members who have volunteered to step up and make life-saving Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and those who have gone back to help ready the plants for a return to work. And, although, we all knew this day The post COVID-19 Update 5/8/2020 appeared first on UAW. — May 8
  • Remembering Walter Reuther
    Upon Walter Reuther’s untimely death in 1970, tributes poured in from around the country. Elected officials, newspapers, and working Americans sent their heartfelt condolences at the loss of one of America’s great labor leaders. We’ve compiled some of the eulogies below as a reminder of the impact Reuther had, and continues to have, on the The post Remembering Walter Reuther appeared first on UAW. — May 7