Whether it’s workplace safety, living wages or even the weekend, labor unions have delivered for all Americans. The fight continues: We’re in the middle of an electric vehicle (EV) revolution, and the only thing left to decide isn’t whether it’s going to happen, it’s whether we’ll build them here in the United States or import them from other countries. The nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers members either on strike or working under an expired contract are fighting to build them here and to make sure these are good-paying, safe jobs in their communities.
Ford, GM and Stellantis should listen to the people who are building their record profits — their workers. The companies should bargain in good faith to end the strike and get to work making sure our EV future is union-built. We need to ask ourselves: Does the future of our nation’s innovation economy include safe, union jobs with solid wages and benefits? I believe the answer is yes. It is always yes.
We need to honor our labor history by standing in solidarity with workers of today to ensure shared prosperity for future generations of Americans.
Natalia Rudiak
South Side