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Democratizing the UAW
The United Auto Workers has devolved into a stagnant, often corrupt union. It’s in desperate need of a democratic rejuvenation.
Justin Mayhugh is an autoworker and activist in UAW Local 31 at GM’s Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City and a founding member of Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD).
The United Auto Workers has devolved into a stagnant, often corrupt union. It’s in desperate need of a democratic rejuvenation.