Full Interview: UAW President Shawn Fain on contract negotiations with automakers

[@garypingleton-i1o]

I’ve been a uaw worker for 49 years you are the first president in 20 years I’ve had any respect for so many members were fed up with the corruption an going backwards you are telling it like it is an will be a great thing for restoreing the faith in the uaw and be proud again to be a part of it you are my new hero thank you for taking a firm stand

[@Michael-fl1tm]

49 years?! You must be one of those lazy ignorant slobs who smoked dope, would take day-long dumps in the crapper, sleep on the job and get drunk in the parking lot. why didn't you go on strike to stop that tear system to begin with? You got your pension, those people after you won't. No matter what your mr. Potato Head looking president is going to say, those Glory Days are never coming back. UAW, unions against work. Back in your day, it was u ain't working.

[@thesimulations8900]

Retire already. We're all going to die, but I don want to die in a factory. Good grief. 49 years? NFW!

[@mandingo1125]

49 years wholly smokes. You will die on the line.. it’s either greed or you have nothing else better to do

[@firecrotchrighthere2982]

24 years for me and I agree

[@firecrotchrighthere2982]

@@mandingo1125you don’t know his situation.

[@dvdv8197]

RECORD PROFITS = RECORD CONTRACTS END TIERS BRING BACK COLA END 'SUPPLEMENTAL' WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS FULL WORKERS BUT UNDERPAID AND UNDERVALUED!! 😤😤😤😤 In solidarity with all Workers ❤️

[@Spiritofthewild-d9o]

oem auto parts factories around here pay what they are getting after full time right away...my brother was making 17.40ph at ZF lemforders here like 2 years ago to start

[@Spiritofthewild-d9o]

albar industries makes painted spoilers and door handles and other stuff and they are teamsters

[@deesnuts9427]

I’ve been a SE EMPLOYEE at Warren stamping for 2 years still make 16.50 and you can’t even miss any days so in 2 years I never missed a day on top of that I’ve been working 6 days a week I bring home 675 a week we need to make a change

[@dvdv8197]

@@deesnuts9427 absolutely crazy and unacceptable. I hope you get what you are due! 🙏🙏

[@marquita2425]

​@@deesnuts9427yes u definitely deserve it

[@justinbaldwin1981]

Steelworkers need a leadership like this

[@rickhammond2473]

My uncle quit High School was earning 1974 17.00 an hr and with a part time side job at times 27.00 an hr from both jobs was earning 11.45 an hr 1984 as a steel worker when minimum wage was 3.00 an hr these days are long gone.Hourly workers today are screwed.

[@littlebigzelda]

exactly, whatever others demand they have to earn it, whatever the union wants the union deserve it lol

[@dvdv8197]

EVERY Worker needs leadership like this!! M

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

@@littlebigzeldaThat literally made zero sense. You jump from one UAW related video to another apparently on a mission to see if you can make an even dumber comment than you made the last time and I’d say the majority of the time you succeed! If only you had that type of success elsewhere in life maybe you wouldn’t be so jealous of union members. 🤣

[@littlebigzelda]

@@pulsatingsausageboy2076 lmao, unfortunately, most people will find me smarter and more logical than your nonesense

[@HudsonOutdoors]

Finally the UAW has a true LEADER!!!!🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@punkyjunior895]

He’s gonna bring the end of the automakers by bankrupting them

[@littlebigzelda]

a true leader for the entitled lol

[@keyf1106]

@@punkyjunior895 😄😄😄😄😄They are making record profits and we making the same amount for the last 20 years

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

@@littlebigzeldaWords from the leader of the jealous morons club. Do you do anything else with your life besides jump from one UAW related video to another crying about what you think they deserve? What a loser! 🤣

[@ek2112]

True leader?? Are you dumb? What he wants would bankrupt them!!

[@murraythomas7763]

I make 16.67 per hr busting my butt on that line!!!!

[@generationofbmx]

Yep, you deserve more. You can almost make that working fast food!

[@jaypitts3100]

​@@generationofbmxand thays what hes fighting for u to make a decent wage and not work as hard

[@suedennis9990]

Employees aren't worried about job security if that company is paying peanuts , because there is another crappy paying job around the corner.

[@gsp49]

One thing bad about unions, no job security. They kill the businesses they infect.

[@paulkf5pv]

I found this in a comment somewhere. "My pay per hour as skilled trades in 2006 was at $34 per hour. adjusted for inflation that would be $52 per hour today. at my current rate of $37 per hour I have taken a 30% pay cut. In 2006 CEO Rick Wagoner was paid $2.2M, adjusted for inflation that is $3.4M. Mary Barra makes $29M. 8.5 times more than the ammount adjusted for inflation. My hourly pay would be $443 per hour if it was adjusted at the same rate as Barra's."

[@markjou9799]

The 46% pay increase is actually too low. I am going to vote NO on this upcoming contract in about 2 weeks.

[@KeithSmith-w9d]

I applied for Electrician at a MI Ford plant a few years ago. Starting pay $34/HR. I was shocked. I have since done better in North Carolina in a Non-Union plant

[@jeremybode3129]

If you get paid 37 an hour and can't make ends meet you live beyond your means

[@dvdv8197]

​@@KeithSmith-w9dkeep trolling, you don't work in this sector.

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

@@KeithSmith-w9dExactly why this man is fighting the company because it shouldn’t be that way. Electricians in the IBEW also make significantly more than those in the Big 3 and they work much better hours which is why many have left.

[@darklord2703]

love Shawn Fain! thank u brother!

[@jaminjim44]

Cola rolled into our pay EVERY JUNE maybe their doing one year and multiplying but we’ve lost tens of thousands in cola that’s a joke what they say it is!

[@willyhwang1059]

duration of strike is positively correlated with workers' level of dissatisfaction with both parties

[@rokan81]

$1500 inflation bonus 😂 is a joke. It’s taxed 42% it’s a strategy they have used for years just not to increase hourly wage which ultimately is what’s most important. Take ALL of your lump sum bonuses and shove them up your keister. We’ve gotten four hourly wage increases .93 each which amount to 3% in 15 years since the 08 contract. Adjust that for inflation and it’s clear how far behind the workers have fallen. Average house cost in US is 415,000….average car in US is 48,000 and we’re suppose to afford that with the same/similar wages from 2008. No thanks.

[@frederickatkins5796]

This man is a born leader❤💪🏾💯

[@petepurdee]

God Bless the U.A.W. and the communities we serve!

[@greegearl1542]

The UAW finally has real leadership. I hope they get a better standard of living than $16/hr.

[@murraythomas7763]

It sucks!!! And if it doesn't change I'm gonna have to leave, I can't afford decent housing with that kind of money

[@Michael-fl1tm]

No one's forcing anybody to work there, they're free to go and work somewhere else if they're not happy.

[@greegearl1542]

@@Michael-fl1tm No one's forcing you to live in the country that you live in. Instead of criticizing the leaders of your country and encourage them to do better, you should just defect to another country.

[@murraythomas7763]

@@Michael-fl1tm and now for the part that we don't know Einstein?!?!?!

[@Michael-fl1tm]

@@murraythomas7763 ah ah Jew!

[@kimhebert9802]

Were going to once again become a shining light for labor

[@paulszydlowski7990]

Shout out from local 1700. Our time is now.

[@BaBaBooeyWRLD]

1700 👊

[@Rscmgw23]

Great interview Shawn! Very well spoken and straight to the point.

[@trentbottom3938]

The president we need!

[@uncreate10]

Shawn please don't back down fight for the People

[@vegetable206]

Stay strong brothers and sisters 💪.

[@Todd-bs8og]

Thank you Shawn for setting the facts straight,we appreciate what you do.

[@jayemartinez3040]

Union strong 🦾

[@cjjohnson3380]

I STAND WITH THE UAW!! BY ANY MEANS NESSASARY.

[@jessiehans6087]

Being a UAW retiree , I would like to know if they are negotiating any improvements for us who paid our dues over the years. God bless the UAW members and the work they do daily. Stay union strong.

[@poeticstud101]

I heard they are working on better retiree packages as well!

[@kb8570]

How much more do you want?

[@jessiehans6087]

@@kb8570 I would thankful for whatever they negotiate

[@gtrdrejugfde288]

They are trying. Thank you for your service

[@Chuckles-lk3wm]

they already fucked us current workers by voting yes for Tier 2s and to remove pentions. lol @@kb8570

[@dvdv8197]

Look at Shawn Fain man, so inspirational. ❤️🙌

[@Michael-fl1tm]

For out-of-shape bald people?

[@roadmaster720]

bullshit!!!!!

[@shackriff]

It’s coming 👍🏻

[@andrerodriguez7603]

I agree battery work is the same as powertrain work, and should be paid the same. I’m not a autoworker, never have been. But when I see EV battery packs being assembled on KZbin videos. Looks the same as powertrain work to me. Go UAW. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@CoZmicShReddeR]

Happy people make happy cars! ;)

[@johndonegan208]

Build to # is 541 for a ram plant. Multiply that by $70g a truck avg. times 3 shifts. Cost is 3 mill a shift to come in.

[@jaypitts3100]

70g a shift and how many trucks are being sold in america il wait

[@eyeamdejesus]

Solidarity ✊🏽

[@Michael-fl1tm]

In the employment line! 😅

[@frankd.506]

​@@Michael-fl1tmTroll say's what?

[@Michael-fl1tm]

@@frankd.506 UAW cheerleader says what?

[@stevenmorris2293]

A message to the 1 percent’rs We are the workers that make it possible. Go UAW

[@jaypitts3100]

I support

[@robertwright7283]

Why are they still building cars when no one are purchasing them. They are too expensive.

[@1001Hobbies]

I agree that prices, especially for trucks, are stupid high. I have an 11 year old car that I plan to keep for another 10 years because of stupid prices. However, I also won't buy a car with an "always on" relationship with the company. Besides them being able to communicate with my vehicle while I am sleeping they are also monitoring where I go, how often, how many people I take with me, are those adults or kids, and so much more. Nah....I'll keep my old car and my privacy.

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

They’re making record profits so someone is buying them regardless of how expensive they are.

[@1001Hobbies]

@@pulsatingsausageboy2076 - Ford makes their money selling to the dealerships. The dealers had a hard time getting inventory due to the chip shortage, and then a couple supply chain issues. The dealers ordered a lot of inventory and Ford was finally able to deliver. That's how Ford made their money. However, the dealers have put HUGE mark-ups on the trucks, and also ordered loaded trucks, so prices are astronomical. SOME dealers have removed their mark-ups due to lack of sales, but on every vehicle on a dealer lot, Ford already made their money on it. For the truck customer, it's a matter of "Do I want to buy a truck, or a house?"

[@883mustang]

I own and operate a small lawn and landscape company in michigan, and i start my employee’s out at $18 an hour. When they can safely operate the equipment it goes to $20 an hour. My foreman makes $25 an hour after 3 months… so they can definitely afford to bump up the pay for the workers. These are billion dollar companies and my business brings in not even half a million a million a year. That is ridiculous.

[@Tommy-hy1ob]

USPS workers support you guys. We still in the middle of our contract negotiations. It takes us 13.3yrs to reach top pay

[@ronaldmurberg7639]

Stop the madness, be happy you have a job at all

[@frankd.506]

And get off my lawn.

[@Uesr_FroSty]

My kids thank you we will finally be able to have other food than beans and rice

[@pollyjackson5212]

I make $200 a week less now than I did in 2007.

[@getbusylivinrgetbusydyin]

Look..I am getting paid already and appreciate whatever else we can get. However as important ...this dude and his leadership is outstanding. ...a Las a straight shooter! Regardless of party assuming politics wouldn't jade him he would get my vote for President of these United states!

[@kimhebert9802]

😅 On POINT!!!

[@shadow06hunter78]

My jaw physical fucking dropped when i heard him quote MALCOLM X i love this guy

[@MrMathematics00va]

He out here quoting Malcom💪🏾✊🏾

[@ramonalfaro3252]

#GeneralStrike #Solidarity

[@youngeagle5953]

Shawn Fain for US president 2024.

[@JohnLancaster-b5x]

I hope he eventually runs for POTUS.

[@victorreznof]

Warning any names ending with 4 numbers are bots

[@frankd.506]

And they come out like roaches in the light when there's union discussions .

[@alancall5113]

prepared a strike We are with the union and union strong

[@Apogge_kings]

I refuse to purchase an overpriced vehicle

[@Michael-fl1tm]

UAW workers are easily impressed with noises and shiny things.🎉😂

[@frankd.506]

But are they impressed with young accounts with no content Comrade Troller?

[@Michael-fl1tm]

@@frankd.506 they're impressed with your mama, Union cheerleader

[@frankd.506]

@@Michael-fl1tm If you're ever going to be a good troll either brush up on your English or figure out how to work with a translator Comrade Troller.

[@Michael-fl1tm]

@@frankd.506 if you're going to be a good UAW cheerleader you need to come up with some new material

[@johndonaldson8979]

Can you say Replacement workers?

[@dvdv8197]

"Is it a concern 80 % will have reached full pay?" WTF?? What kind of question was that? 😳😳🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@23hgj]

Great job. Stick together. The Teamsters way. Whatever you do, don't vote with a contract that hurts your most senior workers removing grandfather status and reducing their salary by $600 as our union did here in Tuscaloosa Alabama. Win for everyone.

[@23hgj]

Agreeing on a contract that reduced our most senior workers by $600 a month and taking away their grandfather status. How fair is that? Those men earned their way and got knocked back down.

[@OkieBolshevik]

Exactly. If we have to sit here and see SSI be cut and the cost of retirement continue to raise we need to make sure our seniors and elders at work are well benefited and paid to support their needs.

[@ManJO601]

Fourteen years ago, when the big three automakers were struggling to stay afloat, the American people stepped in to support them. So did the auto workers in the UAW who sacrificed pay and benefits to help get the companies back on their feet. Now that our carmakers are enjoying robust profits, it’s time to do right by those same workers so the industry can emerge more united and competitive than ever.

[@darrincarter8350]

In Solidarity ✊🏿 Local 551 Chicago

[@carlam329]

If want a front loaded contract For example if we get 10 dollars a hour We want 6 dollars a hour Up front or we will vote no Gm is screwing us inside out

[@rf3604]

if reporters don't have correct info...why do we call them journalists? that's their only job. maybe we should be asking what their pay is to have incorrect facts.

[@vegeta201168]

My union needs leadership like this too many unions leaders are currupt

[@plertisdibble1504]

Hes going to bargain his workers right out of a job. If the people cant afford to buy cars because of the ridiculous wages they are demanding then they will layoff the workers.

[@vicpetrishak7705]

Do away with sign on bonuses , seen workers sell their soles and the soles of their fellow worker for a DOLLAR !

[@Spiritofthewild-d9o]

i remember in 2000 i stopped the assy line after pushing in a loose module on a control panel upstairs while at the louisville assy plant on a job assignment, they were making the supperduty's there🤣

[@Wolfy615]

Louisville Assembly Plant here.. we never made the superdutys lol

[@Spiritofthewild-d9o]

@@Wolfy615 it was the louisville assembly...the kentucky truck plant in louisville...KTP..they made the superdutys there i was working for a paint process improvement company installing sensors and stuff in the paint line..it was in 2000

[@DavidDallas3343]

These UAW officials are the real criminals. Someone needs to start a new Union and call it the UAE Because you're not just a worker, you're an employee. 💯

[@frankd.506]

What are they paying union busters these days?

[@finallythetruthisout761]

Just leave guys. No one can afford your over priced product. I am buying foreign vehicles going forward to avoid these disruptions.

[@bochillin6712]

What's this T Ball? Not everyone gets a trophy

[@frankd.506]

Great analogy Hawking. 🤦

[@kimhebert9802]

If our demands arent met? Well you forget theres plenty Other car manufacturers these days! So choose Your futures! Move to Mexico...I'll help you pack? because I would never spend my VERY hard earned dollars on GM FORD or Stellanis products..

[@frankd.506]

CEOs making more money on January 1st than their employees make all year love you.

[@user-ky4pq7nk9e]

Steel workers are a pittyful union!

[@OkieBolshevik]

Source?…..um….Ford 😀 LMFAO 😭

[@alwayslearningthefacts5881]

God help the UAW, Corporate Greed is evil.

[@ejd1984]

Does Shawn Fein's negotiation tactics really speak for the majority of the 400,000 UAW members since only 28,056 voted for him? It seems like he isn’t taking into account the realities of today's auto markets - The Big Three's market share has been steadily declining since the massive 1971 strike. And adjusting for inflation, the Big Three's profits are nowhere near what they were in the mid-late 1960s

[@lindas7556]

The entire UAW membership did not vote. Only the UAW members employed in the USA and employed by the big 3. As far as your claim that 28000 voted for him, you're full of it on that too.

[@ejd1984]

@@lindas7556 400,000 current members in the UAW, only 14% voted in the last election which is 56,000, and Fein won that by 50.1% = 28,056 So is he really speaking for the majority of the members?

[@firecrotchrighthere2982]

We support Shawn 100%

[@davetx9020]

What a waste paying union dues that ultimately go to Fain, who apparently has no shoulders at all. Unfortunately Fain doesn’t seem to have his facts straight … and comparing what the thousands of workers make to what a CEO makes is just plain ignorant.

[@interstellartravel]

Juniors get the worst jobs and the lowest pay.

[@MW-xm1rc]

Do you know what the Biggest Oxymoron is? Union Worker!!

[@Payton20ADZ]

I am progressive but workers asking for a 4 day work week and 50% raise is extreme. We considered it a good raise if we got 5%

[@Payton20ADZ]

@@gsp49 I know I cannot.

[@opinionguy7062]

You and that we ,can't live in this country decent with in progress

[@RobertLupo]

always pull the class warfare bullshit. Always.

[@emergenthub305]

Class warfare is what's going on.

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

You “always” pull the illiterate bullshit.

[@YogiBear13]

He is doing his job. Besides, unions have been a net positive for the last 100 years in America for raising standards for the entire working class. Expect Toyota and Honda to give raises after this contract also

[@Rodd313D]

Bring in the robots

[@grumpycricket]

The robots have been here for 30 years ... what's your point???

[@frankd.506]

Or bots in your case.

[@rosswallace2969]

This strike might take months

[@Michael-fl1tm]

The CEOs and executives have degrees. Any high School dropout can do factory work, let's don't get too big for for ourselves people. UAW, unions against work!

[@frankd.506]

Trolling for union busters you should be so proud.

[@Michael-fl1tm]

@@frankd.506 when you got a dirty Union, in your neighborhood. Who you going to call? Union Buster's!

[@opinionguy7062]

You mean the ones who complain they can't pay they student loans???nah they want a free ride , they're not very smart at all. Degree don't cover pay,most buy those degrees DO YOUR HOMEWORK

[@Michael-fl1tm]

@@opinionguy7062 I did do my homework and paid for my own degree. You need to GO TO SCHOOL

[@opinionguy7062]

@@Michael-fl1tm no I'm a line men you the one need the job , you on here cuz you think you so smart and you can't stand to see people that did not have your little school blessings, Make more money than you so here you are spreading rhetoric and hate.

[@robertmahaney6752]

More job’s going to Mexico

[@heyzus]

UAW, criminals in suits!

[@chobson8602]

Trumpsters every one of em EVs are the future get with the times!!!!

[@GroundedSolidarity]

IN SOLIDARITY STAY STRONG BROTHERS AND SISTERS

[@mandingo1125]

Fingers crossed 🤞🏼. Hope you strike. Nothing hurts big companies more than loosing billions

[@MarvinReinhardt-c9b]

NEW UAW HATES OLD GM UAW MEMBERS MY GM Pension IS ONLY 800 bucks per month

[@bayphan9777]

It's a LIE IT'S A LIE NOTING BUT CRY BABIES !!

[@frankd.506]

Tired of playing video games? Thanks for stopping in 💋🐴

[@duncanpyke4777]

I think the Big 3 are looking forward to a strike. They know demand is dropping like a stone for ICE vehicles and they need to ramp up EV’s. This buys them some time and helps with high inventories and will be spun into excuses for the serious situation they are in of not being able to mass produce a desirable, quality EV. Tesla is as helpful as they can be with having open patents so that any company is free to duplicate their technology. They have opened up their charging networks to most other EV makers and are offering to licence their full self driving software. The truth is tho that the dwindling ICE market is financing the EV development, so OEM’s have to tout the benefits of their new electric vehicles and still try to make a profit selling ICE cars. The truth is none of them are transitioning fast enough and will either go broke or will only be a fraction of what they are now in a few years time. Ford lost $32,000/EV they sold in the last quarter. I don’t think the automakers will want to resolve this quickly.

[@cs1992]

No sympathy for the UAW. You voted for this.

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

No one cares what a moron like you thinks or whether they have your sympathy.

[@darrincarter8350]

⁠😂😂😂 In solidarity ✊🏿 Local 551 Chicago

[@grumpycricket]

In solidarity, 869!💪

[@Michael-fl1tm]

Solidarity in the unemployment line! 😂

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

@@Michael-fl1tm Explain why that is?

[@MM-pk4xw]

Well see how much the big 3 cares about their employees on sept. 14 🥂🇺🇲

[@kellycherny193]

Shawn you say that after 90 days employees working across from each other should make same. what about apprentices why does it take years to make the same as journeyman when they do same work everyday. I know to you guys high numbers means high votes for re-election, who is looking after trades concerns ????

[@OldArmy-vc6rd]

You’re not owned anything comrade, the benefit is you have a job. Second just because the CEO had a 40 % increase does not equate that each worker should get a 40% increase. The CEO’s job is to make money for the investors and his compensation is based profit. Nobody Is forcing people to work for the big three.

[@jonwasowski]

Let's see how much money the company and shareholders are going to make if the workers go on strike. Look what happened with UPS.

[@Vnexpress1203]

What you’re saying is the company can pay their executives as much as they want because they hold a challenging role, and they can pay the workers as little as they could? Nobody forces UAW to stay, however, don’t you think it’s fair to get a share of the pie if the companies are making billions? America was built by the working class, your logic is what furthers wage disparity gap and the decimation of the middle class of America. Why is it difficult for most of us to understand that higher profit equals better wages. It’s America! Corps have the right to be greedy, workers have right to demand for good wages.

[@OldArmy-vc6rd]

@@jonwasowski Or we could look at yellow freight and Hostess Brands.

[@IceCubebecd]

@@jonwasowskiYou don’t need to worry Tesla and Toyota will kill Ford and GM anyway 😂😂😂

[@IceCubebecd]

@@jonwasowskiyou all going to lose job anyway😂😂😂

[@punkyjunior895]

Waffle House for $18 an hour doesn’t give a Christmas bonus check each year, a cola check for $1500 each year , a minimum profit sharing check of $12,000 each year, paid health care , the ability to awol several times and not be terminated or the ability to be reinstated after being fired . Just saying Mr. Fain I mean Fang

[@kemmorris6866]

Maybe when you grow up Punky, you will understand how comparing the big 3 with waffle house is silly!

[@corirain3986]

That’s funny...... I must have missed out on that Christmas bonus the last few years. Minimum 12,000 profit sharing??? Wrong again

[@RichKissess]

There has never been min 12000 on profit sharing.. and nothing is given to us the UAW FIGHTS FOR US! Go check your facts before coming on here just saying anything

[@1001Hobbies]

Since you don't know that you don't know......The $1,500 check (before taxes) currently is every OTHER year, and that is IN LIEU (that means instead of or in place of) a raise, meaning *no raise* that year. We didn't get raises at Ford from 2005 to 2015, TEN YEARS. There is NO SUCH THING as a minimum profit sharing check each year. Profit sharing varies EVERY YEAR on a year-to-year basis, based on the company's profits. I've never seen a $12,000 profit check (even before taxes) at Ford. Paid health care is how it used to be for ALMOST EVERY WORKING AMERICAN in decades past. It was taken away from you and no one fought to get it back. It was just "accepted" as the new reality. Maybe if you were in a union though.....just sayin......

[@User.9.459]

No clue what your talking about at all...the Christmas bonus was gone last contract and after taxes on inflation bonus you bring home 850..for a whole year woooow...and no one in louisville has ever got a 12k profit sharing..get fkn clue

[@The1Karking]

He makes no sense! Employees from 2008 until 2023 AGREED to the employment terms of NO PENSIONS, yet they still signed on for the job!! Now he’s asking General Motors to fix the employees mistakes,choices, etc.🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄