A year after the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) stand-up strike, the union caucus that helped make it possible is setting out to transform locals still stuck in the mud. Its first step is to fight a new onslaught of layoffs, broken promises, and retaliation from CEOs.

The reform caucus Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) held its first convention last weekend outside Detroit, with 150 UAW members, mostly autoworkers but also from higher -ed, legal services, and heavy equipment manufacturing.

Shafarrah Hill, a Stellantis transport driver from a Detroit local, said she joined the convention after local officers did nothing about bullying by her supervisors. “My union steward has been telling me for two years,” she said, “that if I want to do something about it, I need to come to UAWD.”