US EditionUS autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered
- The United Auto Workers union has called for a strike at three major automakers in Detroit, namely General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, after failing to reach new contracts, which will disrupt their operations.
- The UAW is demanding higher pay, improved benefits, and job guarantees for its members at electric-vehicle factories. They are using a "stand-up strike" strategy, similar to the successful Great Flint Sit-Down Strike in 1936-37, to maximize pressure on the companies while minimizing the number of workers affected.
- With the UAW's new approach and the potential success of this strike, other labor organizers may adopt similar strategies, improving the leverage for workers in future negotiations.
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Strike! United Auto Workers declares historic strike against Detroit Three automakers - Florida Phoenix
The UAW strike begins. (Night of Sept. 14, 2023.) Credit: Anna Liz Nichols.Quality Journalism for Critical Times The United Auto Workers (UAW) declared a strike at midnight Thursday after negotiations for a new contract failed with “Detroit Three” auto manufacturers: Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. This is the first time in the union’s history it has gone on strike against all three automakers. UAW President Shawn Fain told members at the p…
Auto workers launch historic strike against Detroit’s Big Three
DETROIT—The United Auto Workers started their strike against Detroit’s Big 3 car companies—Ford, GM, and Stellantis/FiatChrysler—when their contracts expired at a minute before midnight on September 14. In the union’s new “Stand Up” strike strategy, the UAW opened the strike with up to 13,000 members of three locals, one per company, taking to the picket lines: GM Local 2250 in the St. Louis suburb of Wentzville, Mo., Stellantis Local 12 in Tole…
United Auto Workers launch historic strike against Big 3 automobile manufacturers
For the first time, the United Auto Workers union launched a simultaneous strike against the Big Three automobile manufacturers after contract negotiations fell through by the union's Thursday deadline.The UAW represents nearly 150,000 workers at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. As of Friday morning, 13,000 members were directed to go on strike under union president Shawn Fain's "stand up strike" strategy. STAND UP.\n#StandUpUAW — UAW (@UAW…
US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered
United Auto Workers members rally after marching in the Detroit Labor Day Parade on Sept. 4, 2023. Bill Pugliano via Getty ImagesThe United Auto Workers union, or UAW, has told workers at three factories to go on strike after failing to agree on new contracts with each of Detroit’s major automakers. The contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2023. By midnight, the union posted a strike declaration on its website. The strike will force Ge…
US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered
United Auto Workers members rally after marching in the Detroit Labor Day Parade on Sept. 4, 2023. Bill Pugliano via Getty Images by Joshua Murray, Vanderbilt University The United Auto Workers union, or UAW, has told workers at three factories to go on strike after failing to agree on new contracts with each of Detroit’s major automakers. The contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2023. By midnight, the union posted a strike declaration o…
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