Contract negotiations are ongoing between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. Last month, 500 UAW members at the Ford plant in Louisville, Kentucky, held rallies in preparation for a potential strike.

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/586752

In past negotiation cycles, the UAW has chosen one of the Big Three legacy automakers (Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis) as a strike target, picking the company the union believed would agree to the best deal in order to set a pattern for the remaining two.

This time, the UAW has broken from this practice — UAW president Shawn Fain has said all three companies are targets, leaving the companies guessing.

  •  FIash Mob #5678   ( @FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org ) 
    6•1 year ago

    After the intense increase we’ve seen nationwide in the cost of living, and the failure of the Federal and state governments to do anything meaningful to stop it, I wish our population had enough money squirreled away to declare a general strike.

    Since that isn’t feasible, it’s encouraging to see major industry labor unions going on strike, and even more encouraging seeing them win, as in the case of UPS.