The UAW strike was about getting more job security, not just a 25 percent pay raise.
United Auto Workers Local 12 member Michael Gatto wears a Darth Vader costume as he pickets at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex on Oct. 2. . They understand many jobs will go — or significantly change — at some point in the transition from gas-powered vehicles. They witnessed devastation to entire towns when GM closed its., earlier this year. The protections the UAW won on job security will probably have an even bigger effect on the American labor force than the wage gains will.
The UAW deal puts more onus on companies to help workers during transitions. It also gives workers cash to figure out what’s next. During the pandemic, the federal government did the same thing with stimulus checks and generous unemployment aid. Instead of demanding that workers get a job right away , this aid gave people time to find better situations. The result was that
None of this diminishes the 25 percent pay gains UAW workers will receive over the course of their new 4½-year contract. Autoworkers’ pay has. Workers are also guaranteed a cost-of-living adjustment to protect against inflation, an immediate bonus for ratifying the contract and a share of yearly profits. Equally as important, the car makers agreed toMore change is coming to the economy.
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