UAW officials claim the first-ever simultaneous strike against the Big Three automakers is already paying dividends.
Union President Shawn Fain says automakers have offered more wage increases than workers’ combined pay raises over the past 15 years.
But Fain says UAW members walked off the job last week at Ford’s most profitable plant because companies continue to low-ball workers’ pay while the automakers earn record profits.
“Unless we start to see real gains in our contracts that match the gains we’ve seen on Wall Street, then I predict there’s gonna be a lot more strikes on the horizon.”
Ford officials say the company has offered all it can afford to.
The automaker has made massive investments in new electric battery plants and the union wants to represent workers there.
