UAW organizers start strike

Seeking job security and increased compensation

Leadership at the United Auto Workers acclimated to dealing with obstinate managers at the negotiating table now find themselves the target of unionized workers’ ire, as the UAW has failed to reach a deal with UAW Staff United, the independent union representing staff organizers in the Northeast. Temporary organizers and local staff in UAW region 9A — encompassing New York City, Long Island, Puerto Rico and New England — walked out on strike Monday after months of stalemate at the bargaining table with UAW management.

The unionized staffers, who are picketing in front of the region 9A office near Moynihan Train Hall, say that they’ll continue the strike until their demands for job security and compensation are met by the nearly 400,000-member union.