[1/3] United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain joins UAW members who are on a strike, on the picket line at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023.
But UAW President Fain has said Ford could have funded better pay and benefits for workers if it curtailed stock buybacks and dividends to shareholders.
Full-time Ford employee Robert Murphy, 53, said he was bothered that some workers get half the pay of others doing similar jobs.
The strike is ambitious in taking on three automakers at once, but strategic in that keeping most factories running preserves workers' strike fund.
Shortly after, one supporter of plant workers, a 38-year GM veteran who declined to give his name, said he did not think the industrial action would stop until the automakers gave into the union demands.
Persons:
Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Eric Mullins, Jim Farley, Ford, Fain, Robert Murphy, Murphy, ” Murphy, Eric Cox, Kevin Krolicki, Jamie Freed, Peter Henderson, Clarence Fernandez, Nick Zieminski
Organizations:
United Auto Workers, Ford Michigan Assembly Plant, REUTERS, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford’s, Plant, UAW, Ford, Thomson
Locations:
Wayne , Michigan, U.S, WAYNE , Michigan, Detroit