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The UAW asserts that most of this labor cost disparity comes from legacy pension and healthcare benefits to retired members, of which the Japanese automakers have none. The Big Three already sold each of their cars for about $2,500 less than equivalent cars from Japanese companies, analysts at the International Motor Vehicle Program said. [45]
The GM sit-down strike led to a burst in UAW membership. Its membership surged from 88,000 in February 1937 to 400,000 by October. By 1941, it had jumped to 649,000 members, according to Greenhouse.
Indeed, UAW membership is far below its 1979 peak of 1.5 million. The union currently counts almost 400,000 active members and 580,000 retired members. That decline, labor experts said, hurts the ...
[36] [37] The strike, by now the longest in International Harvester's history [36] as well as the longest in UAW history (surpassing the old record of 117 days), [12] resumed and the union threatened to stay on the picket line until March if necessary. [25] Industry analysts worried that IH would begin to lose market share as its inventories ...
The 2007 General Motors Strike was a labor union strike that lasted three days from September 23 to September 25, 2007, organized by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. The UAW were engaged in talks with General Motors (GM) to negotiate a new labor contract but were unable to come to an agreement before the deadline. Consequently, 73,000 ...
Ford workers in Dearborn were among the final UAW members to cast votes on the historic 2023 UAW contract. ... And reinstating major benefits lost during the Great Recession, including cost-of ...
Walter Philip Reuther (/ ˈ r uː θ ər /; September 1, 1907 – May 9, 1970) was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor unions in American history. [1]
For one thing, it would add thousands of members to the UAW. UAW membership is far below its 1979 peak of 1.5 million. The union currently counts almost 400,000 active members and 580,000 retired ...