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Here’s What UAW Workers Won in a “Historic” TA After Striking at Ford
By Jeff Schuhrke - In These Times, October 26, 2023
Forty days into their nationwide Stand-Up Strike, the United Auto Workers (UAW) yesterday reached a tentative agreement with the first of the Big Three automakers. On Wednesday night, UAW President Shawn Fain and Vice President Chuck Browning announced that a deal had been reached with Ford — with Browning calling it “the most lucrative agreement per member” in several decades and Fain hailing it as “a historic agreement.”
“We won things nobody thought possible,” Fain said in a video message. “Since the strike began, Ford put 50% more on the table than when we walked out. This agreement sets us on a new path to make things right at Ford, at the Big Three and across the auto industry. Together, we are turning the tide for the working class in this country.”
The tentative agreement comes after the Stand-Up Strike expanded to include 6,800 workers at Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan on Monday and then 5,000 workers at General Motors’ Arlington Assembly Plant in Texas on Tuesday.
“Ford knew what was coming for them on Wednesday if we didn’t get a deal. That was checkmate,” Fain said.
Illustrating how the innovative tactic of simultaneously striking at all three automakers pits the companies against each other, the pressure is now on GM and Stellantis to also reach a deal as Ford strikers will return to work.
As Browning explained, “The last thing [GM and Stellantis] want is for Ford to get back to full capacity while they mess around and lag behind.”
Last month, Ford also was the first of the Big Three to settle with Unifor, the Canadian autoworkers’ union.
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