The UAW Decided to Use a Novel Strike Strategy. It’s Working.

The UAW Decided to Use a Novel Strike Strategy. It’s Working.

The UAW’s “stand-up” strike strategy, which targets portions of the Big Three simultaneously, was a gamble. But the approach has worked so far, allowing the union to gradually escalate pressure on companies while empowering rank-and-file workers. United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois, on September 30, 2023. (Taylor Glascock / Bloomberg via Getty …