Shawn Fain Wins UAW Reelection With 68% as United UAW Sweeps 11 Board Races

2 articles · Updated · Jacobin magazine · Oct 9

Unofficial UAW tallies show Shawn Fain headed to a second four-year term with about 68% of the vote, while his United UAW slate is sweeping nearly all contested top posts.
That margin points to broad backing for Fain’s militant strategy after the 2023 stand-up strike won 25% wage increases, ended wage tiers and restored cost-of-living adjustments at the Detroit Three.
Turnout was only about 10% of active and retired members, lower than in the union’s first direct officer election in 2022, but the margins still indicate a decisive mandate.
The result also blunts pressure from federally appointed monitor Neil Barofsky, whose investigations and accusations against Fain have shadowed the race.
With reelection in hand, Fain is already aiming at the 2028 Big Three talks, where he plans to push to restore pensions and retiree health care.