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2023 United Auto Workers strike

2023 United Auto Workers strike
Striking workers listening to a speech by US President Joe Biden in Michigan in September 2023
DateSeptember 15 – October 30, 2023 (2023-09-15 – 2023-10-30)
(1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location
United States
Caused byDisagreements over the terms of a new labor contract
Goals
  • Increased wages over four years to offset inflation
  • End to the tiered employment system
  • Improved overtime and retirement benefits
  • Improved worker protections against plant closures[1]
  • 32-hour work week[2]
Methods
Resulted in
  • Increased wages and return of cost of living adjustments
  • End to two tiered employment system
  • Improved overtime and retirement benefits
  • Written contract right to strike over plant closures
Parties
Number
49,800 strikers

The 2023 United Auto Workers strike was a labor strike involving automobile workers in the labor union United Auto Workers (UAW) and the three unionized automakers in the United States—Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. These three automakers' factories combined employ about 145,000 UAW members and produce about 50 percent of the vehicles manufactured annually in the US, accounting for 1.5 percent of US GDP.[3][4] The strike began on September 15, 2023, when the union was unable to reach a deal with the three automakers. It was the first trilateral strike against the three automakers in the union's history.

The hardline stance taken by the newly elected UAW president Shawn Fain contributed to the UAW's decision to strike. In particular, he has criticized stagnant wages that do not account for inflation and has called for the end of a tiered employment system that underpays newer employees, the restoration of overtime and retirement benefits that were lost as a result of the 2007–2008 financial crisis, the institution of a four-day workweek, and improved worker protections against plant closures as electric vehicle production increases.

A central concern for the automakers is the cost of labor relative to domestic and foreign non-union competitors, particularly as the industry transitions to electric vehicle manufacturing.[5] The automakers have stated that they anticipate the need to invest a significant portion of their profits from gasoline-powered vehicles into new production technology for electric vehicles.[6]

The strike was suspended in the last week of October as the automakers made tentative deals that largely matched the UAW demands, starting with Ford on October 25, followed by Stellantis on October 28 and finally General Motors on October 30.[7][8][9] In announcing the deals with the automakers, UAW instructed workers to return to the job, thus ending the 46-day labor strike on October 30.[10] The new contracts would be ratified when individual UAW membership voting with all three companies ended November 16–17, 2023.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ Whalen, Jeanne (September 14, 2023). "What are the UAW strike demands? Here are the issues amid negotiations". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Shepardson, David (September 14, 2023). "UAW nears strike at Detroit Three as Ford blasts union". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference WSJ_2023-09-15 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Whalen, Jeanne (September 15, 2023). "How much do UAW workers make? What to know about today's strikes". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023. The stoppage threatens to destabilize an industry that makes up about 3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
  5. ^ Higgins, Tim (September 16, 2023). "Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT_2023-09-16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement on Record Contract with Ford Motor Company". UAW. October 25, 2023. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  8. ^ "UAW Reaches a Tentative Agreement with Stellantis". UAW. October 28, 2023. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  9. ^ "UAW Reaches a Tentative Agreement with General Motors, Bringing Ultium Cells Workers Into Master Agreement". UAW. October 30, 2023. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  10. ^ "UAW reaches deal with GM, ends coordinated strikes against Detroit automakers". Reuters. October 31, 2023. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  11. ^ LaReau, Jamie L. (November 16, 2023). "GM UAW members ratify contract after 54.7% approval in vote". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  12. ^ Noble, Breana; Hall, Kalea; Harding, Hayley (November 17, 2023). "Stellantis-UAW deal has enough votes to ratify". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  13. ^ Hall, Phoebe (November 17, 2023). "Ford workers ratify historic 2023 UAW contract with 69.3% support for wage hikes, benefits". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

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