Source: In These Times
by J Patrick Patterson
“UAW President Shawn Fain sure seems serious. As he wrote for In These Times in 2024: If we’re to ‘build enough collective power to win universal healthcare and the right to retire with dignity, then we need to spend the next four years getting prepared.’ Fain first announced the idea in fall 2023, after the UAW’s historic Stand-Up Strike won substantial gains from the Big Three automakers. The UAW has previously aligned their contracts with the Big Three to expire together, but this time, the UAW is also asking unions from sectors across the country to join and, as Fain put it, ’flex our collective muscles.’ The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), the American Postal Workers Union and other major unions have publicly supported the effort. Sounds difficult? Yep!” (05/01/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/big-idea-shawn-fain-may-day-2028