Shawn Fain says unions need to band together to fight 'the billionaire class.'
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain attends a rally in support of the labor union strike in Chicago, Illinois, earlier this month. Photo: Jim Vondruska/Getty Imagesat Detroit automakers represent "a call to action" for working people everywhere to flex their collective muscle against "the billionaire class," presidentIt's clear that Fain has grander ambitions than just helping autoworkers recoup past concessions.
Fain invited other unions to align their contract expirations likewise. "If we're going to truly take on the billionaire class, and rebuild the economy," he said. "So that it starts to work for the benefit of the many, and not the few ... it's important that we not only strike, but that we strike together."workers at non-union auto companies like Toyota, Tesla and Nissan.
Between the wage hikes, a $5,000 ratification bonus and an estimated $8,800 in cost-of-living adjustments, most UAW workers are expected to realize economic benefits worth $68,200 over the life of the contract —with lower-paid employees seeing "life-changing" benefits approaching $200,000, according to a summary document.Workers won job security benefits including a commitment from Ford for $8.1 billion in new manufacturing investments.
The union also won an assurance that union workers at future Ford battery plants won't be subject to lower wages as feared in the shift to electric vehicles.The UAW didn't get everything it wanted — traditional pensions and a four-day workweek, for example — but the tentative contracts are the richest in decades.
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