UAW President Shawn Fain: Strike entering ‘new phase’

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said in a Facebook Live that the union is no longer waiting until Fridays to escalate strike efforts as it is entering a “new phase.”

While Fain didn’t call for a strike expansion in his video Oct. 13, he added that the union is prepared to call on more locals to stand up and walk out of plants.

“Moving forward we will be calling out plants when we need to, where we need to, with little notice,” Fain said. “So stay ready, not just Fridays and not just Ford.”