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Class warfare is only OK when the rich do it. UAW 'escalating' stand-up strikes begin [1]
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Date: 2023-09-15
The UAW launched a historic strike this morning, with workers at three plants across the Big Three walking out and UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring that an “all-out strike is possible.” It’s the first time ever the union has struck all three major automakers.
The United Auto Workers, headed by a new reform leadership, are set to strike the Big Three automakers at midnight tonight. The entire working class will be watching to see if autoworkers can claw back decades of concessions and win a transformative contract.
The vast majority of EV plants are low-wage and nonunion despite being publicly subsidized — and the UAW is trying to fix that.
This morning, the United Auto Workers launched a landmark strike against the Big Three automakers for their refusal to provide adequate pay and job security. Meanwhile, over the last year, the automakers have authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks.
" Class warfare is waged on us. They have been attacking the middle class in this country for decades. The time has come to put our foot down & start fighting back against the corporations that make billions of dollars on our backs."
The old leadership failed to reverse the givebacks and proved incapable of organizing even one foreign auto “transplant.” Now the growth of joint venture EV plants has complicated the task. The new UAW strategy is to obtain a “No Concessions” contract with an eye toward moving on to organize nonunion plants. It has called on members to model themselves after the sit-down strikers of the ’30s and launch a Stand Up Strike midnight September 14.
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