Will the union ‘renaissance’ last?

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Topher Forhecz

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4.4 • 350 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In the US, nearly half a million people have gone on strike this year demanding better pay, working conditions and job security. With the FT’s US labour and equality correspondent Taylor Nicole Rogers, we’re zooming in on the strategies that three major labour movements have used in recent months to try and secure new contracts, and whether their efforts could signal a new era of power for unions in America.

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For further reading:

US carworkers suspend strike after reaching tentative deal with GM

How ‘true believer’ Shawn Fain reignited pro-union fervour in Detroit

Hollywood strikes take $5bn bite out of California economy

Teamsters boss vows tougher line in US labour talks

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0:29.6	When the United Auto Workers Union went on strike earlier this year, their
0:35.9	President Sean Fain didn't mince his words. The billionaires and company
0:40.3	executives think us auto workersoworkers are just dumb they think we don't get it they think we only
0:47.7	understand the power of a supervisor yelling at us or an assembly line coming at us.
0:53.0	That's Fain speaking on Facebook live a few weeks ago.
0:56.0	In the video he's wearing a white t-shirt that says in bold letters,
1:00.0	Eat the Rich.
1:01.0	And he's talking to the more than 140,000 auto workers who are a part of his union.
1:07.0	They look at me and they see some redneck from Indiana.
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