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Recognizing Dad on His Day, June 18: Happy Father’s Day

Recognizing Dad on His Day, June 18: Happy Father’s Day

18 Jun, 2017

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Recognizing Dad on His Day, June 18: Happy Father’s Day

Today is Father's Day in the U.S., a special day we reserve to honor our fathers and all they do for their families and for society. Father’s Day is celebrated at different times around the world and didn’t become a national holiday here until 1972.

Recognizing Dad on His Day, June 18: Happy Father’s Day

Learn where to get an America-made US flag this Flag Day

Learn where to get an America-made US flag this Flag Day

14 Jun, 2017

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Learn where to get an America-made US flag this Flag Day

Every June 14, Americans celebrate Flag Day, a day set aside to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, the year after the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. 

Learn where to get an America-made US flag this Flag Day

Broadening ‘Buy American’ Is The Path To Prosperity

Broadening ‘Buy American’ Is The Path To Prosperity

07 Jun, 2017

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Broadening ‘Buy American’ Is The Path To Prosperity

Most taxpayers want their tax dollars spent on American-made goods and services. Democrats and Republicans alike share this patriotic “fair trade” value that our government should spend our money at home – whether it’s state and municipal contracts or big federal infrastructure investments.

Broadening ‘Buy American’ Is The Path To Prosperity

UAW Big 3 Contracts Now Available on UAW App

UAW Big 3 Contracts Now Available on UAW App

07 Jun, 2017

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UAW Big 3 Contracts Now Available on UAW App

When UAW President Dennis Williams took over as president at the 2014 convention, he made it clear that

UAW Big 3 Contracts Now Available on UAW App

We Are the UAW – Potter Park Zoo

We Are the UAW – Potter Park Zoo

01 Jun, 2017

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We Are the UAW – Potter Park Zoo

Our UAW members perform some of the most fascinating jobs, but sometimes it surprises us to learn that our members do that!? At the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan, members from UAW Region 1D, Local 2256 are zookeepers working with some of the world’s most beauti

We Are the UAW – Potter Park Zoo

Labor Voices: Right to work didn’t work

Labor Voices: Right to work didn’t work

26 May, 2017

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Labor Voices: Right to work didn’t work

The “right to work” law had recently passed in Michigan, and the expiration of our 2011 contract with Ford gave our members the legal right to leave the union.

Labor Voices: Right to work didn’t work