“If you have an opportunity to stand up and you can do it with a greater degree of safety than a lot of your colleagues do or can, then you have an obligation to. Everyone has an obligation to do what they can.” @uawregion6.bsky.social | @uaw4811.bsky.social edsource.org/2025/uaw-481...

UAW 4121 members put in hundreds of hours of organizing to help elect Katie Wilson as Seattle’s next mayor. @uaw4121.bsky.social Pres. Natalie Wellen details why: "her campaign was built on people power, like a union campaign." Read more: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1... @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

Building on the success of Prop 50, UAW members in California are uniting to pass a bold new bond measure to raise $23 billion for scientific research. Trump has cut research funding -on everything from cancer treatment to wildfire recovery- by billions. Join the campaign to fight back: 11/10 in SF!

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You heard President Fain: Let’s sprint through the tape. #thisisyourcity

UAW 4121 is, imo, the most underestimated political organization in the city. They have decades of institutional experience organizing student workers for big wins against the UW, which is arguably more powerful than city hall. Wilson’s campaign is the first to really capture that energy, imo.

UAW members in Seattle: TODAY is your last chance to vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for Seattle Mayor. Return your ballot to a drop box by 8 pm! 🗳️

I am so proud to be in the fight with the mighty @uaw.org. Thank you to @uaw4121.bsky.social, @uawregion6.bsky.social, and, in particular, the many, many rank and file members who have knocked doors and contributed to other aspects of our campaign for an affordable Seattle.

Katie Wilson “has the exact kind of experience we need in a mayor — someone who understands coalition building, the needs of working people, and cares deeply about equity at work and fighting climate change.” www.dailyuw.com/article/why-... @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social @uaw4121.bsky.social

Thank you SCORE and UAW 4121 for organizing today’s mega canvas. We have two days left to win an affordable Seattle — get your ballot in and join a canvas shift at the link in our bio! #thisisyourcity

Conflict between the climate and labor movements has weakened what otherwise could be a potent force against the fossil fuel industry. A new report from @uawregion6.bsky.social lays out a green industrial proposal to bridge that divide inequality.org/article/cali...

"The Trump administration's use of surveillance to track and intimidate UAW members is a direct assault on the First Amendment—and an attack on every working person in this country," said @uaw.org President Shawn Fain. www.eff.org/press/releas...

Kent Wong, presente! UAW Region 6 members join the rest of the labor movement in mourning the passing of Kent Wong, whose passion for social & economic justice has directly impacted UAW members in California in countless ways. Read our full statement: www.uawregion6.org/public-state...

🧵 The UAW mourns the passing of Kent Wong, who dedicated his life to defending and advocating for the rights of working people in the Los Angeles area and beyond.

🧵 A coalition of labor unions, health care providers, schools, and religious organizations filed suit today to stop President Trump’s latest anti-immigration power grab: a sweeping executive action that slaps an unlawful new $100,000 price tag on every new H-1B application.

Yesterday UAW members turned up at LA City Hall to demand that the city #KeepLAHoused. The rent is too damn high and LA must act now to make sure UAW members can continue to afford to live in LA. @uaw872.org @uaw4811.bsky.social @uaw2478.bsky.social

"That’s why everything we do — the strikes, the contracts, the organizing breakthroughs — it’s about one thing: building power. If we want to restore dignity and stability for working people, then we have to grow our movement."

"A recent report from @uawregion6.bsky.social outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial policy and assert themselves in the 'abundance' debate." jacobin.com/2025/09/uaw-...

"We think that one of the best ways to have the collective political will to [address climate change quickly] is to have a strategic industrial policy that creates good middle class manufacturing jobs in sectors...like batteries, building decarbonization, heat pumps" www.politico.com/newsletters/...

"The report presents a vision for how the state can...expand clean energy industries...[and] ensure that jobs created in this build-out become high-quality union careers. It’s precisely the kind of forward-thinking approach labor needs to take on industrial policy." jacobin.com/2025/09/uaw-...

Workers at Lucid Motors in Arizona are organizing a union with the UAW. Check out their website at lucid.uaw.org

Whether it's during wildfires or pandemics, false information puts our communities at risk. Sydney’s research tracks how rumors spread so we can respond faster and save lives. ⚠️🕸️ What’s your research story? 👩‍💻💡Share in comments or DM our account to be featured! #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Tracy studies DNA:RNA hybrid systems that could transform programmable medicine 🧬🔨 Cuts to training funding are limiting this work! What breakthroughs are you working on? DM or comment a pic and short quote to be highlighted! #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Kelsey studies how sugars on blood cancer cells can help them grow and resist treatment 🧪🩸 Her work could lead to brand new cancer therapies, but funding cuts put this work on the line. What research are you working towards? Comment or DM us to be featured ✏️ #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Trauma victims deserve better treatments than saltwater. 🙏❤️ Ethan's creating synthetic blood to save lives, but funding scarcities limit this research. What's one solution you're currently researching? 🥼 Comment or DM us a quote + photo to be featured. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Trump’s reckless cuts to research funding threaten lifesaving work on cancer, chronic disease, disaster relief & more. UAW members are taking action around an ambitious plan: establish a CA research foundation w/$23 billion in funding to keep this critical work alive. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

Good news! The CA Legislature has approved my SB 787, which is designed to create more clean energy jobs in the state.

The folks at @uawregion6.bsky.social have a suite of policy proposals that would support US automakers by creating a domestic battery supply chain in California. static1.squarespace.com/static/660d8...

We’re live at UCLA’s Rolfe Courtyard for the Science Fair for Canceled Research, where researchers are showing the impact of Trump’s $600M cuts that suspended 800+ projects. From Alzheimer’s to HIV, lifesaving science is on the line—follow along as we call to #FundScience.

"Workers are not the problem. Exploitative corporations are. The UAW will always stand with all workers—immigrant and native-born alike—against unsafe corporations and militarized attacks on our workplaces." Read the full statement: uaw.org/uaw-issues-s...

By studying data from earlier HIV trials, Elena is improving treatments with insights into how the virus evolves ⚡🦠⚡ This work depends on reliable research funding!! What's your research story? Share in the comments or DM us to be featured. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Research and public service professionals across the University of California voted by 83% on Tuesday to form a new union (RPSP-UAW) that will represent 7,200 workers. @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social | @uawregion6.bsky.social dailybruin.com/2025/09/02/r...

Here’s why Kaia, a UCLA ASE, joined the CAT. The fight for a fair contract takes all of us–join the Contract Action Team today.

Really important measure to get CA on the road to clean energy supply chain and manufacturing jobs, across all regions. Let's get it passed to turn ambution to action.

UAW members in CA are fighting for SB 787 (@senmcnerney.bsky.social) to advance a future where clean energy and good jobs go hand in hand. California can lead the nation in building a green economy that works for everyone. @buffywicks.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social

A new report on Green Industrial Policy in California from @uawregion6.bsky.social is full of policy proposals that would support US automakers by creating a domestic battery supply chain. #battchat static1.squarespace.com/static/660d8...

Check out the new report from @uawregion6.bsky.social ⚡Organize, Industrialize, #Decarbonize! A #ProWorker, #GreenIndustrialPolicy for #California ⚡ lays out a strategic vision to create tens of thousands of green, #unionjobs and lower the cost of #cleanenergy. www.uawregion6.org/s/Reg6_white...

This week marks UAW's 90th anniversary! Check out the August Region 6 newsletter to learn how today's members are building on a legacy of bold worker action for social & economic justice -- and organizing to win a future that works for working people. @uaw.org www.uawregion6.org/newsletter/l...

"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?" Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.

Write-up on the 🏀basketball team for @uaw.org Local 406 of Long Beach, CA, circa 1950s. Composed of Ford Motor employees and coached by the director of @uawregion6.bsky.social, Lew Michener. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Yesterday UAW members from across California met with legislators in Sacramento to urge support for bills that advance climate & worker justice: 🌍SB 787: Equitable clean energy & good jobs 🚆SB 63: Bay Area transit funding 🐟AB 1319: Protect endangered species + science jobs

Our CLFU leader Lorena Gonzalez hyping up UAW members from across CA in auto mfg, higher ed, civil service, and more! UAW Region 6 is in Sacramento today organizing for a Just Transition: good clean energy jobs, fully funded public transit, and protection of endangered species! #SB787 #SB63 #AB1319

Yesterday, ASEs had our 4th bargaining session. Here's what happened:

"Scientists and students at the University of Washington gathered at Kane Hall on Monday to protest the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to federal research funding, warning the reductions could devastate scientific innovation." @uawregion6.bsky.social ow.ly/y13750WEBtH

So cool to meet everyone, learn about the precedents set by UAW and Region 6, and plan the next actions for Nevada workers!

Collage of mastheads from @uaw.org west coast local newspapers. From News-Letter, publication for @uawregion6.bsky.social. Sept 1955. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Huge thank you to @uawarchivist.bsky.social for joining Summer School to share powerful stories from UAW history and talk with members about building Local archives!

Loved the @uawregion6.bsky.social summer school. Our member organizing skills leveled up. Time to go be a terror for the boss and get some more big wins.

Got to meet my fellow @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social organizers in person at the @uawregion6.bsky.social Summer School this weekend. Much needed invigoration as we head to our union election next month

That's a wrap on Summer School 2025! In a moment where working people are facing escalating attacks from the billionaires and far right, UAW members are showing that a better world is possible – and building the solidarity, skills, and strategies to make it happen.