On Friday, United Auto Workers (UAW) Pres. Shawn Fain announced that the union wouldn't be broadening its strike action against Detroit's Big Three automakers — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis — but that it's prepared to call on more workers to join the walkout at any time.
This comes after the UAW escalated its four-week strike action on Wednesday evening, ordering 8.7K workers off the job at Ford's largest factory — the Kentucky Truck Plant — following a brief negotiation session with the automaker's officials.
Ford, which had previously claimed to have more to offer in the negotiations, presented a new counter-offer that was similar to previous packages. As a sign that auto workers were fed up with these empty promises, 8.7K employees justifiably walked out of the Ford plant in question.
The well-paid UAW leadership doesn't care about auto workers' interests. The union aims to create operational chaos to inflict the worst punishment possible on the Big Three, even if that means rejecting a record contract offer and requiring the rank and file to experience a considerable drop in pay or layoffs amid a nationwide inflation crisis.