Thousands of Autoworkers Organizing to Join UAW in ‘Unprecedented Move’ Following Strike Success

Published on November 30, 2023

Autoworkers at thirteen factories across the United States are reportedly planning to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the wake of the union’s recent successful strike action against Ford, General Motors and Stallantis. In a Nov. 29 announcement from UAW, the union revealed thousands of non-union autoworkers have been signing union cards and are publicly planning campaigns to convince others to join. The organizing drive is expected to involve over 150,000 autoworkers in factories owned by BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Lucid, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Rivian, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. UAW calls it “an unprecedented move” because of the sheer size and scope of people interested in joining the union....

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