There is a decent episode on this on The Daily by the NYT. Gives some historical context of the give and take of the unions and big 3.<p>One takeaway, this particular new union leader is the first directly elected one in a very long time. Prior to this the union leader was selected in a good 'ole boys manner by union reps and sort of rotated. After the justice department found quite a bit of graft and bribery they required a new election and Shawn Fain won in a razor thin recount.<p>As a result the UAW for the first time in a long time got a populist representative of the average union worker, thus the hard line strike. So for those of you against unions because of corruption, etc. This is what it looks like when there is at least less of that, a good thing.<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/podcasts/the-daily/ford-general-motors-strike.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/podcasts/the-daily/ford-g...</a>