UAW Region 6

California Can Lead a Just Climate Transition A new report from the UAW calls for a green industrial policy in the Golden State.

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
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Labor Unions, EFF Sue Trump Administration to Stop Ideological Surveillance of Free Speech Online The complaint asks a federal court to stop this unconstitutional surveillance program, which has silenced and frightened both citizens and noncitizens, and hampered the ability of the unions to associ...

"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 speaking at a rally at UCLA.

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...

Photo of labor and human rights activist Kent Wong speaking at a 1995 UAW recognition strike at UCLA.

🧵 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.

Six UAW members posed for a photo with fists raised

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."

The UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California A recent report from UAW Region 6 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 polic...

"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."

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Meet the auto union boss taking a swing at renewable energy policy Conventional thinking says UAW is a surprising sponsor for a renewable energy bill, but Mike Miller, the union’s region six director, doesn’t agree.

"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 UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California A recent report from UAW Region 6 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 polic...

"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-...

Text reading: We're raising our voices for a better Lucid

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

California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

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.

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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.

UAW Issues Statement Condemning Dangerous Working Conditions and Immigration Raid at Hyundai - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America The UAW condemns Hyundai’s disgraceful record on worker safety. For years, Hyundai—including its joint ventures and the suppliers that work in its plants—cut corners on industry-standard safety precau...

"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:
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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 vote to form new UC union - Daily Bruin This post was updated Sept. 3 at 10:33 a.m. Research and public service professionals across the UC voted Tuesday to form a new union that will represent 7,200 workers.

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

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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

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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.

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Learning from the Past, Building a Movement for the Future — UAW Region 6 Dear UAW sibling, This week marks the 90th anniversary of the UAW, commemorating nine decades of UAW members fighting to advance economic and social justice – in the workplace, in local communities, ...

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.

“406 Recreation Roundup” by Leon DeWitt. Article with photo of team. “FORD LOCAL 406 UAW-CIO BASKETBALL TEAM-In the above photo taken during a recent workout of the team are, standing (from left to right): Robert Davis, Selwyn Jefferson, Bobby Williams, Percy Williams, Tony McTeer and Leon DeWitt. Front row (left to right): Eddie Minasian, Willie Smith, Ralph Kellum, Arlin Banks, Jack Nevitt and Lew Michener, manager.”

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.