Kentucky Lantern: UAW focuses on soaring CEO pay in strike for better wages at the Detroit Three
Berry Craig
By CASEY QUINLAN
The United Auto Workers union’s strike against the Detroit Three for higher wages, more paid time off, and the elimination of tiered workers, which is in its fourth week, has drawn attention to the vast differences in pay between autoworkers and executives at auto manufacturers.
The union has frequently spokenout about the gulf between CEO pay and worker pay to argue that the auto manufacturers can afford to increase wages for autoworkers.
“They’re absolutely rolling in the money. They’re competing for who gets the biggest executive compensation package,” said Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, in a YouTube video about CEO compensation uploaded last week.