UAW seeks to unionize automakers overview:
- Who: The United Auto Workers (UAW) union says it hopes to use record contracts won for General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler parent Stellantis to boost unionization efforts for nonunionized automakers, such as Toyota and Tesla.
- Why: The union says it would like to expand the “Big Three” automakers to the “Big Five” or “Big Six” by April 2028.
- Where: The UAW is a labor union that represents workers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has set its sights on organizing nonunionized automakers following recent contract wins the union helped earn for General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler parent Stellantis.
UAW President Shawn Fain says he plans to use the record union contracts it recently earned for Detroit’s Big Three automakers to try and entice others, such as Toyota and Tesla, to unionize, CNBC reports.
Previous UAW efforts to unionize foreign-based automakers in the United States reportedly hit a roadblock, with both Volkswagen and Nissan Motor recently falling short of gaining the support needed to organize.
“We just went on strike like we’ve never been on strike before and won a historic contract as a result. Now we’re going to organize like we’ve never organized before,” Fain said, according to CNBC.
UAW president says he hopes to expand ‘Big Three’ to ‘Big Five’ or ‘Big Six’ by April 2028
The UAW reportedly had a total of 383,000 members as of the beginning of the year, a number nearly half of the 700,000 members the union reportedly boasted in 2001 and down even more from its reported peak of 1.5 million in 1979, according to CNBC.
Fain, meanwhile, says he hopes to expand the “Big Three” automakers to the “Big Five” or “Big Six” by the time its contracts with them expire in April 2028, the news outlet reports.
“Workers at Tesla, Toyota, Honda and others are not the enemy — they’re the UAW members of the future,” CNBC reports Fain said.
The UAW has reportedly taken a particularly strong interest in Toyota joining the union, with the automaker confirming in early November its plan to raise wages in its U.S. factories in the wake of the General Motors, Ford and Stellantis contracts.
A majority of workers at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis voted last month to ratify their new contracts, which include a 25% raise in base wages, with the agreements coming after a six-week strike the UAW led.
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It’s no coincidence that the big 3 worst automakers in America have the least reliable cars! Unions protect shitty workers! Plain and simple! The union wants to expand so the union can make more money lol. They don’t care about the workers!! Toyota gave their employees raises WITHOUT. A union nexisse they are a good company.