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UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN’S OPENING REMARKS TO GENERAL MOTORS ON FIRST DAY OF 2023 NEGOTIATIONS
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UAW President Shawn Fain’s Opening Remarks to Ford on First Day of 2023 Negotiations

I’d like to start by thanking you for being on time, unlike the company we met with yesterday. I’ve been a UAW member for 29 years. Like Mr. Ford, my roots in this industry run back to the early days when my grandpa hired in at Chrysler…
UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN’S OPENING REMARKS TO STELLANTIS ON FIRST DAY OF 2023 NEGOTIATIONS
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UAW President Shawn Fain’s Opening Remarks to General Motors on First Day of 2023 Negotiations

I’ve been a UAW member for 29 years. I come from a GM family. Like CEO Barra, my roots in this industry run back to the early days when two of my grandparents hired in at GM. Those jobs were life-changing for my family. Their generation took…
UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN’S OPENING REMARKS TO STELLANTIS ON FIRST DAY OF 2023 NEGOTIATIONS
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UAW President Shawn Fain’s Opening Remarks to Stellantis on First Day of 2023 Negotiations

I’ve been an employee of this company for 29 years. My roots in this company run back to my Grandpa Fain hiring in at Chrysler back in 1937, the year the UAW first organized Chrysler. Throughout my 29 years, during the best and worst of times,…
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In past talks, our union’s core demands were called the President’s Demands and they were often passed to the company behind closed doors. This year they’re the Members’ Demands. This is what we’re demanding at Ford, GM and Stellantis. UAW members are thinking big. The Big Three can afford it.


ELIMINATE TIERS – It’s wrong to make any worker second class. The Teamsters ended tiers at UPS. We’re ending them at the Big Three.

BIG WAGE INCREASES – We’re demanding double-digit pay raises. Big Three CEOs saw their pay spike 40 percent on average over the last four years. We know our members are worth the same and more.

RESTORE COLA – Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) made sure the working class thrived for decades. It must be restored.

DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION FOR ALL WORKERS – All workers deserve the retirement security UAW members had for generations.

RE-ESTABLISH RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS – That’s just as essential as a solid pension.

RIGHT TO STRIKE OVER PLANT CLOSURES – The Big Three have closed 65 plants over the last 20 years. That’s devastated our hometowns. We must have the right to defend our communities.

WORKING FAMILY PROTECTION PROGRAM – This program keeps UAW members on the job and product in our plants. If companies try a shutdown, they’ll have to pay UAW members to do community-service work.

END ABUSE OF TEMP WORKERS – We are going to end the abuse of temps. Our fight at the Big Three is a fight for every worker.

MORE PAID TIME OFF TO BE WITH FAMILIES – Our members are working 60, 70, even 80 hours a week just to make ends meet. That’s not living. It’s barely surviving and it needs to stop.

SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE RETIREE PAY – We owe our retirees everything. They built these companies and they built our union.