Even though the plant and its workforce will cease to exist in 60 days, Ford may be obligated to bargain with the union over the closure.
The electric vehicle sector is growing fast, and auto companies have been using the transition as an excuse to open non-union plants. Organizing them is do-or-die for the UAW.
The UAW’s newish president won Detroit auto workers their best deals in decades. Now he’s out to organize Tesla and the rest of the industry’s EV jobs.
With its successful strike, UAW broke with decades of concessions, won on pay and workplace democracy, and launched a new national labor leader. There’s much more organizing to be done, but this is an unmitigated victory for the entire working class.
Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws.
UAW President Shawn Fain announced a deal with Ford. The contract gains are substantial.
Increased militancy after pandemic sacrifices and tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year.
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GM’s promise to cover its EV battery factories under the national master agreement gives workers a share of the gains from going electric.
UAW builds on a tactic—selective strikes—pioneered 30 years ago by the Flight Attendants. It conserves the strike fund, which would only last about 90 days if all workers were out. Not knowing which plant will be struck keeps companies off-balance.
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