UAW and Ford reach tentative agreement, potentially ending strike at the Big Three automaker
NBCJUL 2023
The UAW has entered a new era of ambitious demands and a bold strategy of playing automakers against each other. leading to the recent successes for workers. As Ford and Stellantis have caved and agreed to substantial contract gains, General Motors will likely speed up bargaining now that its main plants are on strike.
It's worrisome that a government-sanctioned monopoly has been able to openly coerce companies in labor negotiations while failing to show even a shred of respect for the needs of the Big Three automakers to remain competitive. In fact, many of the so-called union 'successes' achieved through these deals are the precise issues that caused significant trouble for the automobile industry in 2008.