staple gun goesas a union member secures “UAW ON STRIKE” posters to wooden pickets, placing them in a bucket beneath a pop-up rain shelter.
I’m standing in front of a Chrysler parts distribution center on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. This warehouse — which services dealerships across the Pacific Northwest and as far away as Montana — has been idle since workers walked out on Friday, as part of the widening auto workers’ strike against the Big Three car manufacturers. It’s the first time the UAW has struck against GM, Ford, and Stellantis simultaneously.
Dozens of workers line the noisy street wearing “Fair Pay Now” t-shirts and plastic ponchos, and they erupt in cheers when a passing Amazon delivery truck honks in solidarity. The mood on the sidewalk is upbeat, but local leaders are clear-eyed about the struggle: “We’re up against a juggernaut,” says warehouse worker Grant Wagner, “that doesn’t give a shit about people.”
This distribution center is owned by Stellantis, the European conglomerate that gobbled up Chrysler, Jeep, and Ram through a merger with Fiat/Chrysler in 2021. Wagner is the chair of the striking UAW Local 492. “It’s a sad state of affairs when you have a what used to be an American, iconic company, such as Chrysler, turning their backs on the American auto worker,” he says.
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