United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets UAW autoworkers, at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023.
REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 9 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union is leveraging the power of social media to attract public support in demanding substantial wage increases for hourly workers as a deadline looms with the Detroit Three automakers.
On Friday, he said the UAW was prepared to strike all three companies if no deals are reached.
"What we've seen is the new president of the UAW taking an offer from the automakers and throwing it in a wastebasket on social media.
This week, the UAW released a video in an effort to save a shuttered Stellantis plant in the northern Illinois town of Belvidere.
Persons:
Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain hasn't, Daniel Ives, Fain, He's, Harley Shaiken, Brian Rothenberg, Tesla, there's, Matt Frantzen, he's, Bianca Flowers, Leslie Adler
Organizations:
United Auto Workers, UAW, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, Detroit Three, Motors, Ford, Facebook, Twitter, University of California, Auto, Thomson
Locations:
Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Berkeley, Illinois, Belvidere, Stellantis, Chicago