It's indicative of a shift in how Americans view the labor movement in the post-COVID-crisis era.
In a Reuters-Ipsos poll of Americans, some 58% of respondents said they supported the United Auto Workers union's strike at the Big Three Detroit car manufacturers.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAside from this strike, support for labor unions has been increasing on the right.
The UAW's strike represents a culmination of issues that have come to a head in the post-COVID-crisis labor movement, labor experts told Insider.
Now even some Republican elected officials are showing up to support UAW workers' demands — even if they don't necessarily agree with its leadership.
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Organizations:
Service, Reuters, United Auto Workers, Big, Big Three Detroit, Ford, General Motors, Gallup, Metro Detroit, CNN, Chamber of Commerce, Columbia University, Republican, GM, AFL, Bureau of Labor Statistics, UAW, Michigan State University
Locations:
Big Three, Metro, Detroit, Ohio, China