PUT RANK-AND-FILE
WORKERS IN POWER!
I’m William Lehman. I am a 35-year-old Mack Trucks rank-and-file worker in Macungie, Pennsylvania. I’m building a mass movement of the rank and file to break the dictatorship of the UAW apparatus and bring power to the shop floor.
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Workers explain: Why I support Will for UAW president
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A program to fight for what we need, not what the corporations say is acceptable.
50% pay increases for all
No layoffs or plant closures
Abolish the tiered system
Convert all temps to full time
Return of COLA
Full pension funding
8 hour day/40 hour week
3X overtime pay
Abolish the UAW apparatus!
“My campaign is about abolishing the UAW apparatus. The UAW is comprised of two layers—the workers who generate all the profits and pay all the dues, and a layer of bureaucrats… Right now, [the UAW] acts like a big business, and it works to protect the companies’ interests.”
Will Lehman Q&A
Full rank-and-file control!
“We need rank-and-file control over all UAW assets, along with bargaining”
Solidarity House has assets of $1.08 billion. We must have control over all of these assets, which have been built up with our dues money. The strike fund must be used exclusively to support workers’ struggles, not finance an unaccountable bureaucracy. Striking workers must receive the weekly compensation necessary to sustain long and bitter struggles.
Rank-and-file committees must exercise oversight over all national and local bargaining, along with the monitoring and enforcement of UAW-corporate agreements. No more secret discussions with the companies and votes counted by bureaucrats determined to force through sellout contracts.
Ray Curry, a corrupt UAW apparatus man
In a report released in November 2021, Neil Barofsky, the federal monitor overseeing the UAW, revealed that current UAW president Ray Curry had been investigated for taking college football playoff championship tickets worth $2,000 from a vendor, despite UAW rules barring gifts.
A rank-and-file movement
“There needs to be leadership in every plant, rank-and-file committees in every industry. This campaign is not only about autoworkers, it is about every worker, about bringing that class consciousness to workers worldwide, because that is how you win.”
Will Lehman Q&A
Rank-and-file workers say:
“We need the change Will is fighting for”
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“Unless people take a stand, nothing will ever change. Take a stand and vote for Will Lehman!”
Volvo Trucks worker
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“Will is a candidate we can count on to put the needs of our brothers and sisters first!”
Tina, autoworker
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“We need the change Will is fighting for. He can’t do this alone. We need a rank-and-file movement.”
Lyle, retired GM worker
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“I support Will Lehman. He seems like the right guy for the UAW president. He is fighting for unity and wage increases. Go, Will!”
Tammy, wife of Flint autoworker
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“Will wants to see the power back in the hands of those who do the work. Vote for Will Lehman for UAW President!”
Marcia Walters, widow of Danny Walters
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“I think it’s good that we got somebody from the Mack Trucks Rank-and-File Committee to step up like he is, putting himself out there. It just shows that if people step up in these rank-and-file committees, they can make a difference. It shows how people are changing their minds and fighting.”
Rick is a worker at Volvo Trucks New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia
As workers we have enormous power. However, to fight for what we need we must organize ourselves. Make this rank-and-file movement as widely known as possible.