Shawn Fain: “The Working Class Is the Arsenal of Democracy”
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain: “We win by giving working-class people the tools, the inspiration, and the courage to stand up for themselves.”
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Shawn Fain is the president of the United Auto Workers.
Shawn Fain: Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves
Yesterday UAW president Shawn Fain spoke before Congress in support of Bernie Sanders’s new 32-hour workweek bill. Jacobin publishes Fain’s remarks here in full.
Shawn Fain Calling for a Cease-Fire: “As Union Members, We Must Fight for All Workers”
Fresh off a historic strike, the UAW became one of the largest unions in the US to support a cease-fire in Gaza. In remarks last month, republished here, President Shawn Fain explains that labor must fight for “peace and social justice for all of humanity.”
UAW President Shawn Fain: “It Is Long Past Time to Stand Up for the Working Class”
In a speech to United Auto Workers members on Wednesday, Shawn Fain laid into the Big Three, explained the UAW’s new “stand-up strike,” and invoked the Bible to declare their battle a righteous fight for justice. We print his prepared remarks here in full.