National and Local UAW Making Progress
By Derrick Moran
November 2025
Shawn Fain Holds Town Hall
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain hosted his latest national town hall this month, delivering a powerful message about unity, job security, and the fight against corporate greed. Speaking live on Facebook, Fain spotlighted the victories, struggles, and growing momentum across the union.
Fain opened by celebrating UAW Local 95 in Janesville, Wisconsin, which ratified a new contract after 100 days on the picket line. Their determination, he said, shows what solidarity looks like.
He also highlighted the ongoing fights of Locals 2322 and 2325, still standing strong in their battles to win first contracts.
At Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, workers voted to authorize a strike after the company stalled negotiations and committed unfair labor practices. Fain called out Volkswagen’s hypocrisy: while the company’s plants around the world are unionized, the U.S. remains an exception. He stressed that winning a fair deal there would be a turning point for the entire auto industry.
Fain reminded members that “a union contract is only as strong as its job-security clause.”
He condemned the wave of corporate layoffs and plant closures as nothing less than economic terrorism.
Despite automakers posting record profits ,GM projecting $13 billion this year, with all major companies raising their forecasts. they continue to eliminate jobs. “Layoffs are a choice,” Fain said, “not an economic necessity.”
The shift to electric vehicles has slowed as subsidies expire, while China has become the largest vehicle exporter in the world, most of them electric. Fain said he supports targeted tariffs to protect American workers and domestic manufacturing. Fain pointed to Stellantis, which recently announced three new products beyond what the contract requires. "Proof," he said, "that the UAW’s strength is delivering real gains."
Fain also called out Case (CNH Industrial), which earned $6.6 billion in profit and spent $3.3 billion on stock buybacks while threatening to shutter plants.
“If a company like Case is willing to destroy a town for two-tenths of a percentage point,” Fain said, “you better believe they’ll come for more. We need to stop treating this as normal, because it’s not. It’s a crisis, and it has to stop.”
He linked these decisions to a broader crisis of corporate greed and wealth inequality, saying the billionaire class is destroying this country.
Fain called America’s past trade deals “The vehicle of class warfare” that helped close 90,000 plants and erase 5 million jobs.
He urged a complete reset of trade policy, starting with a North American minimum manufacturing wage and solidarity across borders so that workers in every country rise together, not compete against one another.
He closed the town hall with a direct message to the entire membership:
“The rich and the corporate class keep taking everything. That's the fight we got to focus on.” The way we fix it is by getting involved, go to your local meetings, talk to your co-workers, and stand together. That’s how we win!
Across the UAW, the message is clear: the fight for fairness is far from over, but our union is stronger than ever.
Each contract, each picket line, and each organizing drive brings the UAW closer to a future where every worker, no matter where they live or what they build, has dignity, security, and a fair share of the wealth they create.
Taylor Rehmet - Texas SD 9 Runoff
In Texas Senate District 9, working people have a real champion on the ballot. In a tough three-way race, local union leader Taylor Rehmet came out on top with 48% of the vote, leading Wambsganss by 12 points. Since no candidate broke 50%, the race is now headed to a runoff, and labor is all in to help finish the job.
Rehmet has earned backing from a who’s who of the Texas labor movement, including the Texas AFL-CIO, Texas AFT, and other unions across the state. A proud trade unionist, Rehmet served as President of the Texas State Council of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, representing workers at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth. His campaign is about putting working families first, fighting for good jobs, fair pay, and the respect every worker deserves. The race has yet to be announced but keep an eye out of election dates. You can find out more information here: www.taylorfortx.com