Nearly 1,300 auto workers continued their third day of picketing outside three plants in Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio on Sunday.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain rejected a 21% pay increase from Stellantis as nearly 1,300 auto workers continued their third day of picketing outside three plants in Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio on Sunday.
“This is about working class people standing up to get their share of economic justice and social justice after being left behind for decades,” Fain told MSNBC’s The Sunday Show. The pay disparity issue is resonating with some in Washington. Rep. Nancy Pelosi , the former House Speaker, told MSNBC that CEOs making more in one month that what some workers make in a lifetime is “just unjust. Those profits that they say they are rewarding would not happen without the workers.”
“I fully support how these publicly traded companies operate. I’m not interested in government mandates or government bullying when it comes to those kinds of issues,” Pence said. Fain disputed projections by some analysts that a prolonged labor strike could raise auto prices for consumers, saying: “Labor costs 5% of the cost of making a vehicle. These companies could double our wages and not raise the price of cars, and they would still make billions in profits.”
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