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      'We Will Win': 7,000 More Autoworkers Walk Out as UAW Expands Strike Again

      "What we win at the bargaining table depends on the power we build on the job," said United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain. "It's time to use that power."

      Jake Johnson
      Sep 29, 2023

      The United Auto Workers expanded its strikes against Ford and General Motors on Friday, calling on nearly 7,000 additional members in Michigan and Illinois to walk off the job as the union looks to ramp up pressure on the companies to deliver stronger wage and benefit proposals.

      The union opted not to expand its walkouts against Chrysler parent company Stellantis, citing progress in recent bargaining sessions on cost-of-living adjustments, the right to strike over plant closures, and other issues.

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      Picketing UAW members hold up signs.

      The False Narrative That Pits Workers Against a Cleaner Energy Future

      We should not take at face value the companies’ claims that improving labor standards is what stands in the way of electric vehicle profitability.

      Sarah Lazare
      Sep 20, 2023

      In recent media coverage of the United Auto Workers’ stand-up strike against the Big Three car makers—Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors—a false narrative is circulating: that the walkout is in conflict with the urgent need to mitigate climate change. The basic argument is that if wages and benefits were to improve, this would make the transition to electric vehicle manufacturing unprofitable, and would therefore imperil a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s environmental policy.

      “Union demands would force Ford to scrap its investments in electric vehicles, Jim Farley, the company’s chief executive, said in an interview on Friday,” reporter Jack Ewing wrote for The New York Times on September 16. Ewing goes on to quote Farley saying, “We want to actually have a conversation about a sustainable future, not one that forces us to choose between going out of business and rewarding our workers.”

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      UAW workers strike and march in Detroit

      Auto Giants Refusing Union Demands Paid Just 1% in Federal Taxes on $42 Billion in Profits: Analysis

      "The tax system is rigged to benefit multinational corporations over the workers who keep them running."

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 19, 2023

      Despite reaping tens of billions of dollars in profits between them over the past five years, General Motors and Ford paid an average combined tax rate of just 1% on total pre-tax income, an analysis published Tuesday by economic justice advocates revealed—as the auto giants claimed they cannot afford striking workers' demands for better pay.

      The Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) analysis—which posits that "the tax system is rigged to benefit multinational corporations over the workers who keep them running"— notes that over the past five years, GM and Ford made a total of $34 billion and $8 billion respectively, but paid an effective federal tax rate of only 1.3% for GM and -0.2% for Ford.

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