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Will LehmanFor UAW President
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Read Will Lehman's statements on the UAW, the auto industry, and the fight for rank-and-file control of our union.

Will Lehman, rank-and-file candidate for UAW President
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Why I’m running for UAW President in 2026

The purpose of this campaign is to end the dictatorship of the Solidarity House bureaucracy, re-establish the needs of the rank and file as the purpose of the union, and mobilize the full industrial power of the membership to defend democratic rights.

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The collapsed, fire-damaged Brent Industries plant in Toledo, its roof caved in and walls torn open, with two crushed cars and piles of rubble in the foreground.

The fatal explosion at Brent Industries in Toledo: Two more workers killed for profit

Academic workers picket outside a brick and stone university building, carrying blue and white signs reading “UAW ON STRIKE — UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE.”

Rank-and-file power, not union bureaucracy: A statement to UAW academic workers returning to campus

Six Lorain County JFS strikers holding blue and white “UAW On Strike” picket signs on a rainy roadside, several wearing rain ponchos and holding open umbrellas.

Support the Lorain County JFS strikers! Break the UAW’s isolation of their six-month struggle!

Five National Steel Car strikers sit together on camp chairs and a stone ledge beside a chain-link fence at the picket line in Hamilton, Ontario.

Support the National Steel Car strike! For class war, not trade war!

Columbia University postdocs and graduate workers picketing outside the campus gates on Broadway, carrying blue and white “UAW On Strike” signs, with Pulitzer Hall behind them.

Columbia postdocs voted 90 percent to strike. Set a strike deadline and build a rank-and-file committee!

Bogdan Syrotiuk, a young man with wavy brown hair and a beard wearing a denim jacket, smiling while seated on grass in a park, with a green metal fence, trees, and a Soviet-era apartment building behind him.

Free Bogdan Syrotiuk! Fifteen years in prison for calling on workers to unite against war

Three Will Lehman campaign supporters holding “WILL LEHMAN FOR UAW PRESIDENT” campaign posters outdoors under a blue sky: a man in a red tank top with a tattooed arm, a man in a neon safety shirt and a “GIRL DAD” beanie standing in front of a building entrance, and a woman with hoop earrings standing near a chain-link fence.

Toledo autoworkers rally behind Will Lehman’s campaign for rank-and-file power

Will Lehman, in a tan shirt and sunglasses, stands outdoors near an industrial building beside a supporter in a backwards cap and sunglasses holding a sign that reads “WillForUAWpresident.org — WILL LEHMAN FOR UAW PRESIDENT! ‘I am running for president of the United Auto Workers to put rank-and-file workers in power.’”

The UAW official who threatened my life might keep his $202,000 salary

A two-panel image. On the left, Raymond Jensen and UAW President Shawn Fain pose together in a close selfie under purple event lighting. On the right, Will Lehman stands outdoors next to a supporter holding a sign that reads “WILL LEHMAN FOR UAW PRESIDENT!”

Federal Monitor suspends Raymond Jensen from UAW for death threat against union presidential candidate Will Lehman

The entrance to Stellantis’ Mopar Center Line Parts Distribution Center under an overcast sky. A green banner over the walkway reads “CENTER LINE PARTS DISTRIBUTION CENTER — SAFETY IS ABOVE ALL. EVERYONE. EVERYWHERE. EVERYTIME,” and a large white silo alongside the building carries the Mopar logo.

Another worker killed at Stellantis: Rank-and-file workers must investigate

Will Lehman, in sunglasses and a tan button-down shirt, gestures while speaking with a worker wearing a backpack and a black cap in a parking lot outside a plant.

“Transfer power to the shop floor”: Opening remarks at the UAW presidential debate

A picket line of Neighborhood Defender Service strikers on a city sidewalk; in front, a man holds a blue and white “UAW ON STRIKE” sign while a woman beside him in a red shirt chants.

To the striking public defenders: Build rank-and-file committees and expand this strike! Break the UAW bureaucracy’s isolation of the struggle

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Will Lehman

The bureaucracy can't be reformed. It must be abolished. Ready to build rank-and-file power?

Will Lehman for UAW President