American Federation of Teachers and United Auto Workers Team Up for 2028 General Strike
If you’re one of America’s approximately seven million public sector labor union members, the year 2028 is very important.
Not coincidentally, it will be another presidential election year.
Beyond that, though, it is also the year the United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain has called on the US labor movement to join a nationwide strike to which the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has just agreed at its annual convention to commit its 1.8 million members.
Extolling the AFT for its commitment to the union movement, Fain said:
We want to create a mass movement — a general strike if we have to — to win our fair share not just for workers here but for working-class people all over this globe. You guys passed a resolution to push unions to do just that… And that’s how we do this. When we fight and when we win, people want to be a part of that, they want to join the movement.
The date Fain has called for is May 1 — May Day, aka International Workers Day.
