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Region 8 covers the southern states including Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and four Pennsylvania counties:  Franklin, Cumberland, Adams, York

Region 8 members work in manufacturing, state governments, agriculture and office buildings. They build the Chevy Corvette, Ford Escape, Lincoln MKC, Lincoln Navigator, Ford Expedition, Ford F-250 and F-350 pickup trucks, GMC Equinox, Freightliner and Volvo heavy trucks and electronic communications equipment for various government agencies. Members build school and commercial buses, and are bus drivers in school districts. They also package Planters Peanut products.

The membership of Region 8 includes 65,000 active and 50,000 retired members.

Director

Tim Smith

Tim Smith was elected UAW Region 8 Director by the members in December of 2022. 

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Assistant Director

George Palmer

George started as a vehicle assembly technician in April 2000 at Ford Kentucky Truck Plant (KTP) in Louisville, KY.

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