Rep. Deluzio Statement on UAW Negotiations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) released the following statement on the ongoing negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big Three automakers (Stellantis, General Motors, and Ford Motor): 

“Where I’m from in Western Pennsylvania, we know the destruction that out-of-control corporate power can wreak on communities. 

“But we also know the power of workers standing together in a union, making life better for workers and customers alike. They are a critical backstop to corporations’ unending lust for power and profit. 

“It’s time for the Big Three auto companies to come to the table as good faith actors and strike a fair deal with their UAW workers.  

“These companies have jacked up their executives’ pay year after year—so they have no excuse now to refuse a hard-earned pay raise for UAW workers. 

“Remember, these are the people who toil to make the cars and trucks that folks in Western Pennsylvania drive and without their ‘brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn.’” 

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