When Shawn Fain took over the United Auto Workers union in April, he vowed to reverse the group’s waning influence by transforming it into a political powerhouse. In less than six months, he’s fulfilled that pledge by organizing a historic strike and holding hostage his endorsement of President Biden.
Workers at three Midwest facilities — a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, a Stellantis factory in Toledo, Ohio, and a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan — were the first to walk off the job.Mr. Fain’s union wants wage increases of 36% over four years, a 32-hour workweek with overtime for additional hours, restoration of retiree health benefits, profit sharing, the restoration of defined-benefit pensions for all workers and cost of living adjustments.
“The ramifications go beyond the UAW. If this falls apart, it’s going to take a lot of wind out of the sails of the labor movement, but if they can win it’s going to be really significant,” he said. The president last week sent acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and senior aide Gene Sperling to Detroit to reach a contract for the UAW and car companies.
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