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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 412 

Supporting the nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers currently negotiating 

collective bargaining agreements with the ‘‘Big Three’’ automakers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 18, 2023 

Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. 

FETTERMAN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. 

REED, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. SMITH, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

WYDEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

HICKENLOOPER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. WELCH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

MURPHY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CASEY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. 

HEINRICH, Ms. BUTLER, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. HAWLEY, 

Mr. BENNET, and Mr. WARNOCK) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers currently negotiating collective bargaining agreements with 

the ‘‘Big Three’’ automakers. 

Whereas the United Auto Workers (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘UAW’’) are on strike for better wages, benefits, and working conditions at the Big Three automakers 

(General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford); 

Whereas the Big Three automakers have made 

$21,000,000,000 in profits over the first 6 months of 


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2023, an increase of 80 percent from the same time period last year; 

Whereas the Big Three automakers have made 

$250,000,000,000 in profits over the past decade in 

North America; 

Whereas the Big Three automakers are providing their Chief 

Executive Officers with exorbitant compensation packages, while autoworkers continue to fall further and further behind; 

Whereas the average wage for an autoworker has decreased 

by 30 percent over the past 20 years, after adjusting for 

inflation; 

Whereas the Big Three spent $9,000,000,000 last year on 

stock buybacks and dividends, while the average starting 

wage at these companies is just $17 an hour; 

Whereas many UAW members today cannot afford to buy the 

cars they make and struggle to afford the basic necessities of life, including groceries, housing, child care, and 

prescription drugs; 

Whereas UAW members are fighting against corporate greed 

and to finally receive a fair share of the record-breaking 

profits that their labor has produced, including for costof-living adjustments, an end to the 2-tier wage system, 

and the restoration of pension benefits; and 

Whereas, since the passage of the National Labor Relations 

Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) in 1935, it is the clear policy 

of the United States to encourage collective bargaining 

and protect the fundamental right of workers to seek better working conditions: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) stands with the United Auto Workers in 

2 their fight against corporate greed; 

3 (2) supports every worker’s fundamental right 

4 to organize and collectively bargain for better wages, 

5 benefits, and working conditions; and 

6 (3) calls on the Big Three automakers—Gen7 eral Motors, Stellantis, and Ford—to negotiate in 

8 good faith and offer their workers a fair contract. 

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