The companies and the corporate media tried to scare everyone about the devastation it would cause they tried to convince everyone this dangerous for the working class to fight for more. Instead, they’re learning a hard fact. The working class in this country is fed up with being bullied by rich corporations and the wealthy. The working class in this country is sticking together. The longer our strike goes on, the more the public stands with us. The longer our strike goes on, the more the public turns against corporate greed.
I’ve said for months our union is done playing defense. We’re done aiming low and settling lower. It’s time we started aiming high and seeing how close we can get total economic and social justice.
I’ve also been saying for months that what we win isn’t up to me. It isn’t up to your executive board. It isn’t up to your local president or the President of the United States. What we win is up to us, all of us.It’s up to all of you, the membership.
I don’t know where this journey is going to take us. We’re gunning for a deal and soon – a deal that honors our sacrifice and contribution to the Big Three. … a deal that makes up for decades of givebacks and sellouts and insults. But the long term goal here is much greater than that: To be able to say, man, the first big win was the one where we really learned how to fight. That was the year we took our Union back by standing up for ourselves. So today I’m not announcing any further actions. Instead, I’m announcing a new phase in the Stand Up Strike. Moving forward, we will be calling out plants when we need to,where we need to,with little notice… Together, we’re making history, and together we’re going to stand up and win what we deserve.