UAW President Visits Georgetown
Clip: Season 2 Episode 135 | 1m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
The president of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain, visited Georgetown Monday.
The president of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain, visited Georgetown Monday. He also spoke to the Kentucky AFL-CIO convention. The Georgetown plant has more than 7,000 workers. It's not clear yet how many of them are interested in joining the UAW.
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UAW President Visits Georgetown
Clip: Season 2 Episode 135 | 1m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
The president of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain, visited Georgetown Monday. He also spoke to the Kentucky AFL-CIO convention. The Georgetown plant has more than 7,000 workers. It's not clear yet how many of them are interested in joining the UAW.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAs we reported last week, the United Auto Workers Union wants more than a dozen nonunion car plants to go union, and one of them is the Georgetown Toyota plant.
The president of the United Auto Workers, Sean Fain, visited Georgetown Monday.
He also spoke to the Kentucky AFL-CIO convention.
The Georgetown plant has more than 7000 workers.
It's not yet clear how many of them are interested.
And joining the UAW.
Workers there received a raise just after the United Auto Workers strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Fain said this about profits and worker pay.
Quote The big three made 250 billion in the last decade.
Toyota alone made 265.3 billion in the last decade, 90 billion in the last three years.
Toyota CEO pay in the last two years went up 125%.
I asked them why CEO pay went up 125% in two years.
Ask them why they can't share 90 billion in profits in the last three years and quote.
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