UAW Strike update: More auto plants to join 'stand-up' strike
The United Auto Workers are striking against all of the Big Three automakers at once for the first time in the union\u2019s history. The UAW is employing a novel \u201cstand-up strike\u201d strategy: rather than having over 140,000 auto workers hit the picket line at once, UAW members at three strategically targeted plants were called to strike first last Thursday, and union president Shawn Fain has announced that more plants will be called to strike by the end of this week. What are the key demands auto workers are striking over? What\u2019s happening on the picket lines? How are active and retired members feeling about the union\u2019s new, more militant strategy? And what role do we all have to play in ensuring they win the contract they deserve? On this worker solidarity livestream, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez will speak with Martha Grevatt, a retired auto worker and UAW Local 869 member, and Auston Gore, a veteran assembly line worker who is currently on strike at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex.
Labor Notes, \u201cWhen Auto Workers Stand Up, Here\u2019s How to Stand with Them\u201d
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