Throughout the UAW strike, the union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain.
More than 360 additional Ford employees have been laid off as the UAW strike continues. Union members at three Ford facilities are on strike., the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain.
"He’s gotten far more from the companies than anyone, in particular the companies, may have expected," said Harley Shaiken, a professor emeritus specializing in labor at the University of California Berkeley. "But now is the critical point where you pull the package together. If it isn’t now, when will it be? That is what he’s got to be giving some thought to."
Some auto executives have accused Fain of performative showmanship and of failing to negotiate seriously. Yet his strategy has so far achieved a number of measurable successes: The companies have offered to raise pay increases from single digits to 23% over four years, restore cost-of-living pay increases and end lower wage tiers for many workers.
"I’m hoping Fain is smart enough to say, ‘Enough is enough,’ "she said. "You never get everything you want." In a departure from the style of past UAW leaders, Fain has insulted CEOs and publicly revealed the companies’ pay offers. With contempt in his voice, he has likened the UAW’s contract fight to a battle between the beleaguered working class and billionaires. Rejecting the auto officials’ arguments, Fain said the companies can indeed afford to pay more.Unlike his predecessors, Fain has recruited outside advisers, some of them specialists in public relations, to assist the union.
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