{"id":14593,"date":"2023-08-26T06:32:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T06:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/news\/uaw-workers-overwhelmingly-vote-to-authorize-strikes-at-gm-ford-stellantis\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T06:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T06:32:34","slug":"uaw-workers-overwhelmingly-vote-to-authorize-strikes-at-gm-ford-stellantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=14593","title":{"rendered":"UAW workers overwhelmingly vote to authorize strikes at GM, Ford, Stellantis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>DETROIT \u2013 United Auto Workers members overwhelmingly granted union leaders authorization to call strikes during ongoing contract negotiations with <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">General Motors<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-2\">Ford Motor<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3\">Stellantis<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>, if warranted.<\/p>\n<p>The union on Friday said an average of 97% of combined members at the automakers approved the action, however final votes are still being tallied. That&#8217;s in line with support during negotiations four years ago, when 96% of workers who voted supported authorization for a strike.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;strike authorization vote&#8221; is part of the union&#8217;s constitution and viewed as a procedural step in the negotiations. The voting results are historically high in support of the authorization. The vote does not mean there will or will not be a strike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is not to strike. I want to make that very clear. Our goal is to bargain good agreements for our members,&#8221; UAW President Shawn Fain said Friday during a Facebook Live. &#8220;But all we&#8217;ve tried to do with this is prepare everybody in the event that we have to take action to get a fair and just contract.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Fain has been far more vocal than past union leaders about its ability to use striking as a weapon in its arsenal against the companies during the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Big Three is our strike target. And whether or not there&#8217;s a strike \u2014 it&#8217;s up to Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, because they know what our priorities are. We&#8217;ve been clear,&#8221; Fain has said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Those priorities are far richer than during prior contract negotiations between the two sides. The union&#8217;s demands include a 46% wage increase, restoration of traditional pensions, cost-of-living increases, reducing the workweek to 32 hours from 40 and increasing retiree benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The UAW said 98% of hourly workers and 99% of salaried workers at Ford voted in favor of the strike authorization. GM passed by 96%, while the action was approved at Stellantis by 95%. Voter turnout and how many votes still needed to be counted was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>Strikes could take various forms, including a national strike, where all workers under the contract cease working, or targeted work stoppages at certain plants over local contract issues. A strike against all three automakers, as Fain has alluded to, would be the most impactful but also the riskiest and most costly for the union.<\/p>\n<p>The UAW has more than $825 million in its strike fund, which it uses to pay eligible members who are on strike. The strike pay is $500 per week for each member \u2014 up from $275 per week last year.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming 150,000 or so UAW members covered by the contracts, strike pay would cost the union about $75 million per week. A fund of $825 million, then, would cover about 11 weeks. One caveat: that doesn&#8217;t include health-care costs that the union would cover, such as temporary COBRA plans, that would likely drain the fund far more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>National or targeted strikes at any of the automakers could be detrimental to business. A 40-day strike against GM during the last round of negotiations in 2019 led to a production loss of 300,000 vehicles, the company said at the time. It also cost the automaker $3.6 billion in earnings, GM said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/08\/25\/uaw-strike-vote-to-authorize.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT \u2013 United Auto Workers members overwhelmingly granted union leaders authorization to call strikes during ongoing contract negotiations with General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis, if warranted. The union on Friday said an average of 97% of combined members at the automakers approved the action, however final votes are still being tallied. 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