How the FBI caused the Autoworkers’ Strike

Daniel G. Jennings
Lessons from History
7 min readSep 22, 2023

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Strangely, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Justice Department could be responsible for the US autoworkers’ strike.

On 15 September 2023, United Autoworkers (UAW) members struck at America’s Big Three automakers. Observers blame the UAW’s militant President Shawn Fain for the strike.

To explain, negotiations between the UAW and automakers broke down because management rejected Fain’s demands. Those demands include a 40% pay increase, one pay-scale for all workers, a 32-hour work week, and a return to defined…

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Daniel G. Jennings
Lessons from History

Daniel G. Jennings is a writer who lives and works in Colorado. He is a lifelong history buff who is fascinated by stocks, politics, and cryptocurrency.