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Stellantis Shutters Canadian Plant and Promises Future Jobs in Illinois, UAW Leaders Cheer

Andrew Bergman, Martha Grevatt May 6, 2026June 18, 2026

Stellantis is shutting down its Brampton, Ontario, plant, devastating a Canadian community while saying it is sending jobs to the U.S. Instead of enabling Stellantis to execute on its whipsawing playbook, UAW leadership and U.S. autoworkers should unite with Unifor and Canadian autoworkers. Our union should be promoting a class struggle strategy of resisting plant closures by exerting control over production and building cross-border worker solidarity.

Editorial

Fighting for a Class Struggle UAW at the 2026 ConCon: Introducing UAWD’s Convention Program

UAWD Steering Committee March 13, 2026July 3, 2026

The UAWD Steering Committee shares a political analysis of the 2022 Constitutional Convention, our lessons learned in the ensuing years of organizing within the UAW, and UAWD’s membership-approved program for the 2026 ConCon. UAWD is encouraging UAW members across the country to bring the program to their locals to show their coworkers how we can chart a new path of class struggle unionism beyond the confines of the Convention floor in June.

Analysis | News

Ford Busts Union and Fires 1,600 Workers as Kentucky BlueOval SK Plant Closes—How Can the UAW Fight Back?

Martha Grevatt March 9, 2026May 6, 2026

Workers at BlueOval SK, who recently unionized with UAW, lost their jobs in February as the joint venture between Ford and Korean battery manufacturer SK On was dissolved and as Ford pivots from EV battery to energy storage manufacturing. UAW members can build the capacity to challenge plant closures through a sectoral strategy that combats whipsawing and enables workers to fight for one another.

Analysis

Boom and Bust: Understanding Layoffs and the Restructuring of the US Auto Industry

Daily Struggle Editorial Board December 23, 2025March 9, 2026

Layoffs are devastating to us as workers, but we’re trained to think of them as inevitable or even “natural.” If we understand the corporate profit-seeking that drives layoffs, we can fight for our jobs.

Analysis

Fighting Layoffs: Learning from UAW History and Taking Control of Work Reductions

Andrew Bergman, Nevena Pilipović-Wengler December 10, 2025March 9, 2026

The recent large-scale layoffs across General Motors plants and beyond are raising questions for workers everywhere. We can accept the boom-and-bust corporate logic of the auto industry, or workers can fight to win real layoff protections and control over how reductions in work are carried out, by collectively deciding how we share remaining work.