A successful UAW organizing effort could improve the livelihood of all U.S. autoworkers.
Share on linkedin UAW union members picket outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant on Oct. 14, in Louisville, Ky. Photo: Michael Swensen/Getty Imageswith huge raises and improved benefits, but after a nearly five-week work stoppage, hard-line union leaders are still holding out for more.
"Next we're going to organize non-union auto companies like we've never organized before," Fain said during a Friday livestream.The UAW has been trying to organize workers at the so-called U.S. transplants for 40 years — with no success. They're using social media to stay in touch with members and empowering them to take action at the grassroots level, for example, while also keeping Detroit automakers off-balance.
A "significant segment" of workers at the Toyota plant "want UAW representation," Dunn told Axios in an interview.Some workers say they don't need to unionize since their employers tend to raise wages anyway whenever their UAW counterparts get a new contract.
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