In his October 28th The New Yorker piece titled “Will the U.A.W. Strike Turn the Rust Belt Green?” Dan Kaufman tells the story of the historic auto-workers strike against the Big Three—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis (Chrysler and Jeep’s parent company). The United Auto Workers union (U.A.W.) reached agreements with each of the Big Three at the end of October. In his reporting, Dan tells the story of auto workers who faced job insecurity and stagnant wages. He lays out a history of the U.A.W. and outlines the timeline of 2023’s “stand-up” strike.

Dan joins A Public Affair host Allen Ruff to talk about the piece which was just won a Sydney Award.

Image from U.A.W Facebook used under the BY-NC-SA Creative Commons license.

Dan Kaufman is the author of “The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics,” which was published in 2018. He is a contributor to The New Yorker and has written for The New York Times Magazine.

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