As UAW strike looms, auto workers want 4-day, 32-hour workweek, among other contract demands

The United Auto Workers want a four-day workweek, working 32 hours for 40 hours of pay.

UAW President Shawn Fain : "Sadly, it feels like we've gone so far backwards that we have to fight just to have the 40-hour workweek back" The union represents workers at the Big 3 automakers in Detroit .

The Big 3 raked in a combined $21 billion in profits in the first six months of 20 months .

UAW wants Ford and GM 's full-time assembly plant workers to make $ 32.32 an hour and Stellantis ' full-time employees to make $ 31.77 an hour. Fain said starting wages have decreased from 2007 , when new workers made $ 19.60 an hour, or $ 28.96 an hour to account for inflation. Now, starting wages are $ 18.04 an hour. In 2007 it took three years to reach $ 28 an hour now , it takes about eight years to reach $ 32 an hour. for more features..