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NEWS ALERT: Union Leader Says 'We Are Preparing to Strike These Companies in a Way They've Never Seen'

 

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Union Leader Says 'We Are Preparing to Strike These Companies in a Way They've Never Seen'

September 14, 2023

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain criticized the Big Three car manufacturers' latest contract offers as woefully inadequate late Wednesday and made clear that, with existing labor agreements set to expire in a matter of hours, a historic strike is now likely. "I'm at peace with the decision to strike if we have to because I know that we're on the right side in this battle," said Fain. "It's a battle of the working class against the rich, the haves versus the have-nots, the billionaire class against everybody else."

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