Political Quotes

“I am the proud daughter of the UAW. My family knew the power of being part of a union family. My dad, who came to the United States with only a fourth grade education, felt human dignity for the first time when he worked at the Ford Motor Company in Flat Rock on the assembly line and became a member of the UAW. We know this week hundreds of thousands of workers are fighting for a fair contract to support their families. Their current contract, Mr. Speaker, expires at midnight on September 14. The right to strike in our country is the single most powerful tool to fight corporate greed. In the first 6 months of this year alone, the Big Three: Ford, Stellantis, and GM made a combined $20 billion in profits. The Big Three CEOs received a whopping 40 percent increase in pay while the majority of workers today are living check to check. Did you know that since 1948, every single UAW contract had a cost- of-living adjustment, a COLA. In 2009, something spectacular happened, workers came together and helped the Big Three stay afloat. They decided to put COLA aside, allowing the companies to create tier systems. In 2023, the contract doesn't have the cost-of-living adjustment. These are the same workers, Mr. Speaker, that sacrificed so much, and now the Big Three are refusing to have their backs when they are struggling.…”