UAW strike 2023

The UAW strike 2023 is an unprecedented strike against all of the Big Three automakers beginning on September 15, 2023.

While withholding a political endorsement of Biden's reelection, the UAW leadership has made extreme demands for increased wages, benefits, and even a four-day work week. Socialistic rhetoric such as criticizing billionaires is part of this strike.

Rival Tesla does not have unionized workers.

Union demands

The union demands are reported as follows:

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The UAW demands have been focused on a 40% proposed pay increase, the re-establishment of pensions, a 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay, a reversal of past concessions made by the union such as cost-of-living adjustments, and erasing a tiered-pay system.

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Automakers counteroffers

On September 20, Stellantis made the first counteroffer among the Big Three with terms that were not fully disclosed to the public.

Initial stage

The initial strike on September 15 was a "three-location work stoppage," which "is just a fraction of the size of a possible full-scale walkout — which would involve nearly 150,000 union members across several other states."