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US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement

  • Written by Marick Masters, Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreementUAW President Shawn Fain speaks with General Motors workers on July 12, 2023, in Detroit.Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

The United Auto Workers union, which represents nearly 150,000 employees of companies that manufacture U.S.-made vehicles, kicked off in mid-July 2023 the labor negotiations it undergoes every four years with the three main unionized...

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