Shawn Fain is the president of the United Auto Workers.
In an interview, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain argues that the era of “free-trade” deals like NAFTA has been a disaster for the US working class and that smart tariffs can help bring back good auto jobs.
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain: “We win by giving working-class people the tools, the inspiration, and the courage to stand up for themselves.”
Yesterday UAW president Shawn Fain spoke before Congress in support of Bernie Sanders’s new 32-hour workweek bill. Jacobin publishes Fain’s remarks here in full.
Fresh off a historic strike, the UAW became one of the largest unions in the US to support a cease-fire in Gaza. In remarks last month, republished here, President Shawn Fain explains that labor must fight for “peace and social justice for all of humanity.”
In a speech to United Auto Workers members on Wednesday, Shawn Fain laid into the Big Three, explained the UAW’s new “stand-up strike,” and invoked the Bible to declare their battle a righteous fight for justice. We print his prepared remarks here in full.