Two Days after Surprise Strike at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant, UAW President Shawn Fain Holding Facebook Live at 10 a.m. TODAY to Discuss Next Steps in Stand Up Strategy

DETROIT – Two days after a major escalation in the UAW’s Stand Up Strike against the Big Three, union President Shawn Fain is going on Facebook Live at 10 a.m. ET to update members on the next steps in the strike.

The media is invited to view the livestream at the UAW’s Facebook page. It can also be viewed at the UAW’s YouTube Channel. (Media capturing the livestream have had more success with YouTube.)

On Wednesday, the UAW launched a surprise strike against Ford’s iconic and highly profitable Kentucky Truck Plant. In an unannounced move, 8,700 UAW members walked off the job Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET, shutting down the Louisville, Ky., plant. 

The strike was called by President Fain and UAW Vice President Chuck Browning after Ford refused to make further movement in bargaining. The surprise move marked a new phase in the UAW’s Stand Up Strike. Previous expansions of the strike had occurred at a deadline set in advance by the union.

Currently, nearly 34,000 UAW members are on strike at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. The Stand Up Strike against the Big Three began on Sept. 15 with a walkout against three assembly plants in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio. It has since grown to include six assembly plants and 38 parts distribution centers in 22 states.

Ford, GM and Stellantis made a quarter-trillion dollars in North American profits over the last decade. They made a combined $21 billion in total profits in just the first six months of this year. And yet all of them are still refusing to settle contracts that give workers a fair share of the record profits they’ve earned.

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