United Auto Workers

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labor union organization trade union

The United Auto Workers is a major American labor union representing workers in the automobile, aerospace, and other manufacturing industries, known for its influential role in collective bargaining and labor rights.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
United Auto Workers (UAW) 3
UAW Local 5960 2
UAW 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf labor union ⓘ
organization ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
abbreviation United Auto Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UAW
affiliation AFL–CIO ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
founded 1935 ⓘ
foundedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
goal improve wages for members ⓘ
improve working conditions for members ⓘ
secure health care benefits ⓘ
secure retirement benefits ⓘ
hasActivity collective bargaining ⓘ
organizing campaigns ⓘ
political lobbying ⓘ
strike actions ⓘ
hasFocus job security for members ⓘ
pensions and retirement security ⓘ
workplace safety ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMembershipType industrial unionism ⓘ
hasPoliticalActivity endorses political candidates ⓘ
supports pro-labor legislation ⓘ
headquartersCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
historicalRole key union in Detroit auto industry ⓘ
major participant in mid-20th-century U.S. labor movement ⓘ
ideology collective bargaining ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for worker benefits and protections ⓘ
collective bargaining agreements with major automakers ⓘ
role in postwar American industrial relations ⓘ
organizationalStructure international union with local unions ⓘ
regionServed United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
represents aerospace workers ⓘ
agricultural implement workers ⓘ
auto workers ⓘ
defense industry workers ⓘ
other manufacturing workers ⓘ
representsIndustry aerospace industry ⓘ
agricultural implement manufacturing ⓘ
automobile industry ⓘ
other manufacturing industries ⓘ
representsWorkersOf Ford Motor Company ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
Stellantis ⓘ
various auto parts suppliers ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
typeOfBargaining pattern bargaining in auto industry ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Michigan → UAWLocal → United Auto Workers ⓘ
subject surface form: Flat Rock Assembly Plant
this entity surface form: UAW Local 3000
GM Orion Assembly Plant → UAWLocal → United Auto Workers ⓘ
this entity surface form: UAW Local 5960
subject surface form: Orion Assembly
this entity surface form: UAW Local 5960
United Auto Workers → abbreviation → United Auto Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UAW
Detroit Big Three automakers → associatedWith → United Auto Workers ⓘ
Walter Reuther → employer → United Auto Workers ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Auto Workers members
GM Orion Assembly Plant → hasLaborUnion → United Auto Workers ⓘ
Congress of Industrial Organizations → hasPart → United Auto Workers ⓘ
subject surface form: Arlington Assembly
this entity surface form: United Auto Workers (UAW)
subject surface form: Flat Rock Assembly Plant
this entity surface form: United Auto Workers (UAW)
Flint Assembly → hasUnionRepresentation → United Auto Workers ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Auto Workers (UAW)
Detroit Three → laborUnion → United Auto Workers ⓘ
Fort Wayne Assembly → laborUnion → United Auto Workers ⓘ
subject surface form: Orion Assembly
Walter Reuther → memberOf → United Auto Workers ⓘ
Flint sit-down strike → unionInvolved → United Auto Workers ⓘ
Fort Wayne Assembly Plant → unionRepresentation → United Auto Workers ⓘ
Spring Hill Assembly Plant → unionRepresentation → United Auto Workers ⓘ