The United Auto Workers (UAW) union launched a historic strike against the big three automakers on Friday in protest of the companies’ refusal to meet workers’ proposals for wage and benefit increases. Nearly 13,000 workers went on strike against a Ford plant in Michigan, a General Motors plant in Missouri, and a Stellantis plant in Ohio. UAW leader Shawn Fain did not hold back when asked about the companies’ refusal to make a deal. “They’ve had a decade of record profits. When they’re profitabl

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On Wednesday, UAW members celebrated White Shirt Day at UAW Local 651 to mark the victorious end of the UAW Flint Sit Down Strike — Feb 11, 1937. UAW Region 1-D Director Steve Dawes said, "What those workers did in 1936–1937 took tremendous courage. They risked everything—their jobs, their freedom, and their safety—to stand together inside those plants. They weren’t just fighting for themselves; they were fighting for generations they would never meet. Today, nearly nine decades later, we are th