UAW President Targets Nonunion Automakers for Expansion After Successful Negotiations
Shawn Fain warns of potential 'all-out war' with Ford over unionization efforts, accuses Tesla's Elon Musk of exploiting workers.
- UAW President Shawn Fain, after securing significant pay raises and improved benefits for union members, aims to expand membership to nonunion automakers.
- Nonunion companies like Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, and Nissan raised their workers' pay after UAW won major pay raises, in an attempt to prevent unionization of their workforces.
- Workers at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis ratified the new settlement deals, which ended many wage tiers, improved pay for temporary hires and boosted annual 401(k) contributions.
- Fain accuses Tesla CEO Elon Musk of exploiting workers and threatens to target Tesla for unionization.
- Fain warns of an 'all-out war' if Ford resists UAW's efforts to organize at their plants in Kentucky and Tennessee.