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Auto Workers Are Striking, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Backs.
Solidarity is critical.
It’s been a tense summer for auto workers here in the United States as negotiations between unions have reached a standoff, and thus far the result has been one I’m sure many of us had expected. UAW have officially decided to strike, and walked off the job at midnight, September 15th, impacting Ford, GM, and Stellantis. Of course, it should come as no surprise that none other than Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is standing in solidarity, and calling for all of us to do the same.
Just a few days before the strike, Sanders wrote in The Guardian:
“…If the big three automakers (General Motors, Ford and Stellantis) do not provide reasonable contracts to address longstanding inequities in the industry, there will be a strike — and all of us should support the strikers.
The UAW members will be fighting not only for themselves but against a corporate culture of arrogance, cruelty and selfishness causing massive and unnecessary pain for the majority of working families throughout the country. Their fight against corporate greed is our fight. Their victory will resonate all across the economy, impact millions of workers from coast to coast and help create a more just and equitable economy…”
