{"id":113701,"date":"2023-09-13T13:01:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/?post_type=video&p=113701"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:04:29","slug":"union-strike-uaw","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/video\/union-strike-uaw","title":{"rendered":"Auto Workers Fight for Basic Fairness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Autoworkers are readying themselves for a potential strike as contract negotiations<\/a> with the so-called \u201cBig Three\u201d drag on. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is negotiating on behalf of nearly 150,000 workers at Detroit-based auto manufacturing plants run by Ford, GM, and Stellantis N.V. At face value, UAW\u2019s demands<\/a> sound audacious: a 46% pay raise<\/a> and a four-day workweek<\/a>, among other things. But given the decades-long decline in labor rights and wages, is it unreasonable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cedric de Leon, professor of sociology and labor studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst spoke with 精东影业 Racial Justice Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES Presents: Rising Up With Sonali<\/em> about the potential auto workers\u2019 strike and why UAW\u2019s demands are framed around a people-centered economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Labor expert Cedric de Leon explains why the UAW\u2019s demands aren\u2019t audacious, as a potential auto workers\u2019 strike looms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":113710,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[5,267],"tags":[1863,2278,2302,2303,2306],"article-type":[250],"special-series":[],"class_list":["post-113701","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-jobs","tag-strikes","tag-rising-up-with-sonali","tag-rising-up-with-sonali-2","tag-united-auto-workers","tag-organized-labor","article-type-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n