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Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Automobile Workers (UAW), is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. Founded as part of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s, the UAW grew rapidly from 19to the 1950s. Under the leadership of Walter Reuther (president 1946-70) it played a major role in the liberal wing of the Democratic party, including the civil rights and anti-Communist movements. The United Auto Workers wrapped up months of contract talks with the Detroit car makers Friday, getting approval of new labor deals at General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. Chevrolet No. results in the first ever contract between the U.A.W.

and G.M. Strike at Chrysler Workers at Chrysler win a sit-down strike for union recognition. Williams said Monday the union is making progress with all three Detroit automakers and is not ready yet to pick a target in its contract negotiations, even though there are only seven days left before contracts expire for about 140autoworkers.Williams, who spoke at the Ford National Program Center near Hart Plaza in Detroit, said he is in no rush to name a lead company because the union's negotiating teams that are working with General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are all making progress.

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Tuesday at Nexteer, owned by China-based Pacific Century Motors, after they overwhelmingly rejected a tentative contract with the auto supplier by percent. The automotive steering company has more than 2union employees at the facility who are represented by UAW Local 699.A message from the local union on its Facebook page told employees working third shift to report to their jobs in the plants as scheduled along with shifts Wednesday.The UAW is seeking new contracts for 140U.S. autoworkers. UAW concessions, especially lower wages for entry-level workers — the “two-tier” system — helped the Big Three bring labor costs in line with the nonunion U.S. plants of Japanese, Korean and German competitors. Detroit Three auto makers are expected to rise in new contract agreements the companies have reached with the United Auto Workers, a development that could bolster the case for new investment by the three companies in Canada.But the key question as negotiators from Unifor assess the UAW deals is whether Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Ford Motor Co.