The UAW Strike Has Shown the Extraordinary Power That Workers Can Wield
Fifty thousand UAW members are heading back to work after securing tentative agreements that deliver landmark gains. The UAW strike has been a master class in how to flex worker power.
A “UAW On Strike” sign held on a picket line outside the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, on October 23, 2023. (Emily Elconin / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
All three dominoes fell in a few days.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) now have agreements with each of the Big Three automakers. The new contracts are a sharp about-face from decades of concessions.
The tentative agreements go further than many thought possible on issues that the companies insisted were off the table. Stellantis agreed to reopen its idled Belvidere assembly plant. General Motors (GM) and Stellantis will include new battery plant workers in their master agreements.
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