This is the best summary I could come up with:
The automakers cried poverty at first, but the UAW escalated the strikes to more factories around the country, gaining concessions as it did so.
Now, tentative agreements are in place with Ford, GM, and Stellantis that include a 25 percent raise over the next four and a half years, as well as cost-of-living adjustments and an end to the two-tiered wage structure.
“We won a historic agreement with the big three and a whole lot more,” said UAW President Shawn Fain in a video announcement on Thursday.
But he made it clear the union has a larger goal, noting that this week, Toyota gave its workers a pay increase, seemingly in reaction to the UAW bargain with the Detroit three.
The UAW has tried to gain traction at Tesla, where it has faced heavy resistance from CEO Elon Musk, who was found guilty of violating labor laws in 2019.
Two months later, Musk broke labor laws yet again after the world’s second richest man threatened to take away stock options from employees who unionized.
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Damn dude, how are things in the US if it takes a huge battle to get raises 2% above inflation locked in for the next 4.5 years…unless I’m misunderstanding something and this is actually better than it sounds.
The neoliberal era has absolutely gutted labour power. As far as I can tell, organized labour is basically getting everything in their power at this point.
Even in Germany the metalworkers Union IG Metall, which calls itself the biggest labour union in the world, has only been able to get raises about equal to inflation.
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