I’ve been covering the auto industry since 1989, first as CNN Detroit Bureau Chief, then as the National Auto Writer for the Associated Press, General Motors beat writer at the Detroit News and video reporter at Automotive News.
Now that he successfully negotiated to fatten members' future paychecks and benefits, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain's next fight is to put some meat on the bone of the union's ranks by organizing beyond the Detroit Three automakers.
More members means more money in the form of dues, and more money powers organizing efforts to win new members. It also builds up the strike fund from which workers on picket lines are paid. Indeed, almost immediately after the tentative contracts were announced with General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis, Toyota Motor said it will raise the pay of its non-union U.S. factory workers about 9% starting January 1 and boost wages for some logistics and service parts employees, according toThe effort to pull in workers at electric vehicle leader Tesla will be formidable as well.
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