UAW President Shawn Fain testifies in front of Congress

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8 ай бұрын

UAW President Shawn Fain testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) during a hearin called "Standing Up Against Corporate Greed; How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families." It featured Fain, Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and AFA-CWA International President Sara Nelson.

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@scottdieterman9969 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Shawn!!! You have been a man of action during a time when most people had started to lose faith in the American dream! Keep up the fight!!!!

@scottjuliesheets8823 8 ай бұрын

Please do not ever vote for our country. If you believe this guy is a lifesaver he is an idiot he’s going to break the car manufacturers.

@MrMarinus18 7 ай бұрын

But also the anti-Union people act like unions will hurt the American economy but maybe we could question this? I mean union busting didn't really help it and the idea that giving unchecked power to a few unelected executives is a good idea sounds a little iffy to me.

@asteinarts4316 8 ай бұрын

So glad to find this. Sadly this committee meeting was overshadowed by childish antics and this important information was lost...thanks again for making it available. This man has helped America more than people know.

@unchartedthickets 8 ай бұрын

This is who we need right now at this moment. He’s right you know.

@scottjuliesheets8823 8 ай бұрын

If you think this is OK, then you’re a total idiot. Just like Shawn is

@MrMarinus18 7 ай бұрын

I don't think it's just for workers though. The common reason to crush unions is that it hurts American industry but 40 years of unionbusting and unchecked corporate power has caused the US to fall behind technologically in many ways behind Europe and China and most of the innovations that the US is riding on happened in the 1980's and 1990's. Since then the US has lost a large part of it's industry. Maybe it's time we also acknowledge that the executives have done a terrible job on the economy when they had unchecked power.

@Bill-cb4bh 8 ай бұрын

Working ppl need to stand up. There is so much corporate greed

@nicepokerface3465 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Shawn! We have your back keep leading the fight for American workers

@Logiconfire 8 ай бұрын

Layoffs coming.

@cdck19a 8 ай бұрын

The times are changing. Some people are just slow to realize it.

@nicepokerface3465 8 ай бұрын

@@Logiconfire I wish you luck in finding your new employment

@MrMarinus18 7 ай бұрын

But also American industry. 40 years of neo-liberalism and unquestioned corporate power has caused the US to lose the industrial lead to China. So clearly giving executives and shareholders all the power to do whatever they want hasn't panned out very well.

@cdck19a 7 ай бұрын

@@MrMarinus18 We didn't lose the industrial lead, the oligarchy sold it to China. I know people who packed d the equipment for shipment to China.

@geraldross9430 8 ай бұрын

Working class people drive the economy and directly supports community businesses!

@chantiacalhoun9147 8 ай бұрын

✊🏾 in solidarity

@JosephAdams-ly1lx 8 ай бұрын

Please speak on the union leaders stealing and selling the people out peace ✌️ 🙏 👏

@DetroitNinja 8 ай бұрын

Shawn Fain for President🤩 This man represents the people of UAW, blue collar workers, and UAW's win motivates retail and service people to take action.

@bayphan9777 8 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅

@cdck19a 8 ай бұрын

Yes!

@thevinceberry 8 ай бұрын

3 or 4 plants reject the contracts, we'll see

@unchartedthickets 8 ай бұрын

@@thevinceberry we’ll see what? this is how negotiations work. It’s a pretty tight vote between yays and nays at the moment. If it passes or doesn’t isn’t the issue. It’s a democratic vote. If the membership squeaks it by then we know there’s a lot of interest in fighting for pensions, retiree healthcare, etc.. If it doesn’t pass, then it’s back to the bargaining table. Don’t think the parties haven’t planned in case it doesn’t pass.

@MrMarinus18 7 ай бұрын

Many like to claim unions are bad for the economy but I haven't seen much evidence from that. I have seen them being bad when companies retribute against them but when being allowed to thrive they usually do extremely well. Germany was for a long time known for it's heavily unionized industries especially the car industry where unions held tremendous power and even had elected a third of the board of executives. Yet German cars became known as some of the best in the world and German brands like BMW, Volkswagen en Mercedes are massive. The success of the heavily unionized German car industry came especially hard to the far less unionized British car industry who had a hard time keeping workers who preferred to work in Germany and had a lot more bad decisions due to executives being out of touch.

@agentjames3083 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr. Fain for representing the hard working people of the middle class. We need you or leaders like you in higher positions of leadership to help middle class America to thrive.

@MrMarinus18 7 ай бұрын

And now that the car companies no longer have such a powerful hold maybe the US can start to catch up to China. Capitalists like to claim they are working hard but they don't want innovation, risks or to work hard themselves. A good example is to look at the heavily unionized German industry compared to the far less unionized British industry after WW2. Despite German industry being flattened and having most of their patents stolen the heavily unionized factories started to outperform their British rivals by the 1960's and by the 1970's they even offered stiff competition to American industry. The idea that unions are a hinderance to the economy just isn't born out from evidence. If anything the evidence shows that giving capitalists born into elite circles complete control over crucial sectors of the economy without any kind of pushback is a terrible idea.

@dbouchef150 8 ай бұрын

This is definitely the type of person who would be an asset as president of the United States…someone who exemplifies the struggles accomplishments strengthens of working people who are the nation

@Ben-ff5rl 8 ай бұрын

Shawn you are fantastic!! Please represent us in elected office in US Congress!

@paulsladinski1236 8 ай бұрын

What about UAW JANITORS.. getting left behind working years without contracts is the norm..need our uaw help !!

@imthe18thletter 8 ай бұрын

Have you all unionized or are you connected to the UAW in any way? I’m only asking because this may be the ideal time to consider having that conversation.

@paulsladinski1236 8 ай бұрын

Yes we are and have been due paying members (13yrs) of UAW 685 in Kokomo Indiana (shawn fains) home town but it's hard to tell..we are often treated like 2nd class ..low pay on top of working on expired contracts is a slap in the face !

@kristopherhilton8065 8 ай бұрын

Agreed hopefully we get you up to our level again

@timothysayer3405 8 ай бұрын

It's sad that we have to do collective bargaining just to give workers a reasonable wage and, ultimately, a better life. Absolute wealth equality is not necessary, but treat people as people not slaves.

@cherrydudley6799 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr. fain please help companies that work 3rd parties being UAW members we also need increases please help.

@cdck19a 8 ай бұрын

Write in Shawn Fain for president, he gets things done.

@nothingnothing7648 8 ай бұрын

Notice the voting results on his contract so far?

@amaris058755ify 8 ай бұрын

Didn't get anything done. Gm still doesn't have a contract. But his buddies got big raises

@cdck19a 8 ай бұрын

I hope it barely gets ratified, that means the workers want to strike more and cause the companies more pain. I bet they'll be a lot more cautious next time UAW wants to negotiate.

@spaghettisocial 7 ай бұрын

Cheers! Love you Shawn Fain!

@lindseyyah1 8 ай бұрын

Fain For President 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Chulitatr 8 ай бұрын

SHAWN FAIN FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE!

@Gasbags365 8 ай бұрын

UAW means u ain’t working lazy fucks

@cdck19a 8 ай бұрын

Why not president?

@brucew8798 8 ай бұрын

UAW should start accepting all industries to join membership

@Mister-Reno 5 ай бұрын

AMERICAN WORKER voting republican is voting against your own interest.

@philipwood8776 8 ай бұрын

Please stop the chinese automakers from flooding our market

@RachelHarper-ik3og 8 ай бұрын

4.7 year contract?! Only takes 1 year to realize how we got over.

@RachelHarper-ik3og 8 ай бұрын

Stellantis has disengrated all fca ergonomic efficiency, there consolidating the jobs and pushing the line

@RachelHarper-ik3og 8 ай бұрын

Now we have to use hard earned vacation time as " sick days" combi ed w fmla

@steveflaherty6668 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Shawn Fain. For taking care of the. Memberships and Retirees. Shawn Fain you are truly UAW Solidarity

@Madam83 7 ай бұрын

✊🏻

@twistedoperator4422 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like my president.

@Matt-tt2br 8 ай бұрын

Our heaters are broke & other important equipment, it now takes 2. - 3 yrs to get any thing (non line" ). Fixed. The facility's are unsafe

@ballingon1089 8 ай бұрын

Our heater is broken too. Going on 2years now. Our hands are now damaged. They don't care.

@marieacarrington5566 8 ай бұрын

How are we supposed to feed our family with one day a week ? Please tell me... This week tpts only work 3 days and rent is due soon what do u want us to do

@ashlee.semone299 8 ай бұрын

Get another job

@dotlaroc82 8 ай бұрын

@@ashlee.semone299🦾🦾

@marieacarrington5566 8 ай бұрын

After all the years I put in I need what they owe first.......thanks for the advice I don't ask you for I was asking Mr Fain. The man that pose to be fighting for use not to get treated this way .. So thanks but no thanks

@Deuteronomy31.6 8 ай бұрын

@@marieacarrington5566you see that first comment “get another job” ^^^, that is exactly why you don’t want to work for that union or company. Those are the type of people you’re surrounded by EVERYDAY. They treat you tpts like shit, but the reason why they get to work slow is bc the uaw and the companies work together to exploit temps to pick up uaw’s slack. Go to school, learn some skills, so you won’t have to see and deal with 🤡s

@EmceeWhitey 8 ай бұрын

@@marieacarrington5566not sure which company you work for, but at Ford, the last 2 contracts did nothing for in-progression and legacy workers and only benefited TPT's and new-hires. And this contract also has more benefits for them than any other job classification.

@glennmaddox7219 8 ай бұрын

Retirement for all out the window

@williewheeler446 8 ай бұрын

Shawn Fain for president !

@doomman700 8 ай бұрын

Should have been with Mack workers

@garrettchapman2123 7 ай бұрын

Id give up my 8 years to let my tpt son keep his job

@JD-ej8zm 7 ай бұрын

🤣😂 how long before layoffs begin and the UAW does nothing? Oh ya, it’s already started! Fools!!

@garrettchapman2123 7 ай бұрын

Ya nice and now we have thousands getting laid off indefinitely

@marieacarrington5566 8 ай бұрын

Lol yhea and I worked one day last week thanks alot smdh at stalantis

@maddog2771 5 ай бұрын

Hay shawn where's my retirement pension , oh yeah you screwed us on it and you just screwed us on our 401k

@sierraansley 7 ай бұрын

This man, and the other union leaders like him, are national heroes. People earn a living either by working or owning, and nearly all Americans work to earn a living. The concept of the American Dream, the ideas about what America is in any positive way are ideas about how workers can achieve a basic standard of living by "playing the game"- an honest day's work. The owning class does not "do" for a living- that's what "passive income" means. They exist, and live off of the value created by those who work. They have created a fairy-tale world where they are "job creators" and they "risk everything" to invest in the economy, when none of that is supported by economic theory. The more money they make, the less they pay in taxes, the more they keep for themselves. As income inequality has risen investment by the wealthy in our economy has plummeted. They have destroyed jobs or sent them overseas. They actively harm the economy as a whole but hide that with a dramatic increase in financialization of the economy (roughly moving money around and counting debt, which are holes in the ground, as wealth). They have created what can best be described as a religious cult around figures such as Milton Friedman (who they do not understand), Ronald Reagan (who did the opposite of most of what he is credited with), and Ayn Rand (widely acknowledged to have been a sociopath who destroyed her life and those around her). This mythologized fairy tale created by those who own but do not create value has nearly destroyed the living standards of those who do work and create value. It's time for us all to wake up. There is plenty of wealth to go around and plenty of workers willing to create more.

@DylanAFSCMELOCAL1583member 6 ай бұрын

Beautifully said!

@chuckhunter1410 8 ай бұрын

Hate to pee in everyone's weaties but they also opened the door for massive automation in the entire industry! I know the pay was way past do but now thousands will loose their jobs in years to come to robots and will be no turning back! Sad but true the direction this world is going!

@mikekring0420 8 ай бұрын

It won't work. The robots are notorious for breaking down repeatedly, disrupting automation, plant traffic, etc.

@kristopherhilton8065 8 ай бұрын

This has always been on the table. Ive installed dozens of robots and automation that's taken away 100+ jobs. It's part of the progress

@slowpokejpg6 7 ай бұрын

You don't think they'll do that anyway? Lol

@MrMarinus18 7 ай бұрын

And you think not doing this would have stopped that? The UAW isn't ignorant to that. That's actually why they are doing this. The time for workers to stand up is now as soon they might no longer have the power to do so.

@JoseGarcia-gx2lq 7 ай бұрын

I work feeding Robots and if it wasn't for human operators watching and working with them there will be no quick solutions. Quality will be jeopardized and Quality is #1 as much as we like to think that Safety is #1. Those of us that take pride in our work have made a great difference. Take us away and away goes Quality.

@lindseyyah1 8 ай бұрын

unfortunately were still Voting NO, because we ask for 40% and its evident Stellantis has more to give.... 12 Billion profits in first quarter and buyouts to mgt employees... we want more NOW

@ceenote5923 8 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself. It’s a yes for me. It’s a fair contract. We not getting 40% be real. This contract wasn’t for me it’s for the tpt’s and part plants to bring them up to max wage and end tiers. Only thing I wish was the top pay get a 20% after ratification, we shouldn’t have to wait 4 and a half to max out. It doesn’t mean much for me but Ik what it was all about

@InsanityMediaProductions 8 ай бұрын

hahahah this guy is in washington why you not working at the solidarity house who cares about washinton

@adamhoffman797 8 ай бұрын

And he did NOTHING to acknowledge & compensate us that made all those sacrifices! Smfh

@mikekring0420 8 ай бұрын

Did you save for retirement or squander your earnings?

@MickeyDonald 7 ай бұрын

Shawn Fain is a rich executive that makes nearly $400k/year, making him at the top 1% of earners. The UAW is a business that makes revenue off of union dues. Join the UAW, make Shawn Fain and the other rich UAW executives even richer.

@michaelk.jensen1611 5 ай бұрын

Yes, thats because we want to pay people well for their jobs,why wouldnt you, your rant only makes sense if you dont think people that are seniors and experienced should be paid for their job. Wat he doesnt have is 20 millions bonuses for doing nothing but squeeze other people, he is wellpaid for helping us be wellpaid and have good and safe work conditions. Not that i care, but i bet money that your number is wrong anyway. People think it a gotcha that the one we CHOSEN to lead the union is fairly wellpaid, even though its f*ing low compared to many others in the same position. It doenst work anymore, sorry.

@Jonathan-du8fs 4 ай бұрын

That’s fine. We are not against people being rich. Only that they must pay their fair share. FDR was a rich SOB but he helped the working class so much. We do not fall for you divisive comments. We are not stupid. We see through you.

@MickeyDonald 4 ай бұрын

@@Jonathan-du8fs UAW is an organization of hard, efficient workers? Or an entire UAW workforce that has about 30% of the throughput (average number of workers required to assemble a vehicle)? Have you personally ally witnessed and observed an actual UAW line versus a domestic-foreign plant like Toyota and Honda? I have. The efficient difference is astounding, built by Americans but with very different work ethics. Fighting for inefficiency is a major cause of inflated labor costs, which gets passed on to vehicle price, which then hurts the average Jane and Joe consumer, including you and I. This affects not just GM products, but every car, as competitors are forced to inflate their wages. UAW is a threat to the entire U.S. consumer public. We will soon see those inflated wage UAW jobs be cut and exported to Mexico and Canada. Car companies aren’t stupid. Although I agree with you that everybody should pay their fair share, and I assume you mean that Detroit 3 executive salaries are extremely overinflated compared to Japanese and German counterparts, which I completely agree with. That’s the problem that drives the herd emotions toward helping the UAW. The UAW doesn’t need wage inflation. The executives need wage DEFLATION.

@richo8475 4 ай бұрын

He is garbage.

@amaris058755ify 8 ай бұрын

Joe bidens best friend. 45 2024

@joeydavis9778 8 ай бұрын

DEFENDANT TRUMP FOR 20 - 24 YEARS IN PRISON.

@lb19748 8 ай бұрын

Going green = going broke

@Harley.Davidson 8 ай бұрын

🤣 Fain thinks he owns the UAW clown show just because his entire family paid dues to his communist club! He played ya all right in to the Big 3 hands! Wait until you see what happens next! 😂

@MUCKFOOT⁶⁶⁶ 8 ай бұрын

try to make sense

@bayphan9777 8 ай бұрын

@@MUCKFOOT⁶⁶⁶duh what part you didn't understand 😅

@cdck19a 8 ай бұрын

So Harley Davidson you don't support unions?

@shawnsmith4651 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I hate it when American workers want a better life for themselves and their families. 🙄

@unchartedthickets 8 ай бұрын

The majority of people in the US are working class. The clown show is coming from people who think it isn’t important to strengthen the working class. Worse than a clown show. It’s an outright persistent insistence on being delusional

@keithgilbert835 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for driving the cost of vehicles up and out of reach again.

@BaBobo-tt2wz 8 ай бұрын

Shut your face 😂

@goblinzl1 8 ай бұрын

cut the BS. costs went up 30 per. over the last few years and workers got no raises.

@arthurmorgan42069 8 ай бұрын

Don't be ignorant. The last 4 years UAW wages have gone up 6%. New car prices at the Detroit 3 went up 34%. Please explain how the union workers wages are the cause of that.

@goblinzl1 8 ай бұрын

@@arthurmorgan42069 stupidity and hatred makes people believe what they want.

@keithgilbert835 8 ай бұрын

All costs drive prices up. If you want to be the CEO and get paid more the. Be a CEO. Buy American. Buy TESLA.

@agentjames3083 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr. Fain for representing the hard working people of the middle class. We need you or leaders like you in higher positions of leadership to help middle class America to thrive.

@callmethreeone 8 ай бұрын

yeah, he will sell you out also. People deserve pensions for showing companies that much loyalty, not be forced to live in uncertain conditions in your end time. Good luck to you and yours. At GM we hope out fight isn't over. Corprate America no longer deserves to profit and assume none of the risk, its not how life works yet they expect it. Tiers, yes we still have them too. This guy did nothing but take a pay out.

@agentjames3083 8 ай бұрын

@callmethreeone I absolutely agree with you about pensions but for too long(27 years) I've seen UAW leadership NOT even do half of what Fain has done. I wish the very best to you and yours. And all the best of luck to you and our UAW brothers and sisters in the fight against GM.

@callmethreeone 8 ай бұрын

@@agentjames3083 Others not having the integrity to do their job properly does not mean we should accept mediocrity. I wish you the best as well bro✊, we give them more than mediocre.

@agentjames3083 8 ай бұрын

@@callmethreeone Well said.

@MrMarinus18 7 ай бұрын

But also in terms of the total economy I wouldn't say giving the corporations unchecked power to do whatever they wanted worked out too well. I mean during that time the US declined industrially faster than ever and the more regulated China rose. In the mid 20th century the more unionized German industry decisively outcompeted the more corporate friendly British industry. In Europe if you look around you don't see any connection between regulation and economic success. Underregulated economies like Romania struggle while heavily regulated ones like Denmark do very well. I think having a more heavily unionized industry could actually be a massive benefit. The arguments the executives use actually strongly remind me of the ones the Soviets would use to defend their planned economy. In many ways the American megacorps operate like Soviet economic branches. The argument against unions and regulations is the same. That the elite at the top know better than the people do.