United Auto Workers Vote to Divest From Israel in Historic Victory

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https://truthout.org/articles/united-auto-workers-vote-to-divest-from-israel-in-historic-victory/

United Auto Workers Vote to Divest From Israel in Historic Victory

The divestment vote makes the UAW the first major national union to vote to divest from Israel.

By Shireen Akram-Boshar , TRUTHOUT
Published June 22, 2026

The United Auto Workers (UAW), a union with some 400,000 active members across the U.S., has voted to divest its estimated $400,000 from Israel bonds. The divestment vote makes the UAW the first major national union to vote to divest from Israel.

On Thursday, UAW members voted at the union’s 39th Constitutional Convention in Detroit, where some 1,000 delegates from UAW locals around the country had gathered to discuss the union’s strategy for the next four years.

UAW represents some 400,000 active members, largely in the U.S. but also in Canada and Puerto Rico. Members include workers in the auto industry and in higher education, as well as a significant number of health care workers and state and government workers.

The resolution states that the “billionaire class” that “profits from war” funnels public money into militarism instead of “healthcare, housing and education working people need.” It cites the nearly three-year-long genocide in Gaza and the call by the Palestinian trade union movement for workers internationally to act in solidarity as among the reasons for its resolution to divest from Israel Bonds – which are bonds issued directly by Israel and function as loans to the Israeli government.

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1. Just a (Tiny) Bit of (Link) Clarification

I assume that the word ...More... noted at the bottom of your comment, refers to the (working) link at the top of your article. Please advise if otherwise, and thank you for this very relevant information.

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2. If I understand you, more means there is much more to the article and can be found in the link. Keeping posts to the

four para requirement means finding more info at the link.

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3. Yes Totally Understood And Thank You For Your Kind Response

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4. When I retired 24 years ago

I decided to volunteer to keep paying my dues, even though it was not required. Glad and proud I did.
The UAW health plan would make a great model for National Health Care.

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5. Israel divestments like apartheid divestments could cause regime change

The almighty dollar does talk.