Question
This person appeared at an event with Joe Biden and J.B. Pritzker at a Stellantis plant in Belvidere, Illinois in November 2023 after his organization negotiated the plant’s re-opening as an EV manufacturer. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Indiana-born labor organizer who led the UAW during a successful 2023 strike against the Big Three auto manufacturers.
ANSWER: Shawn Fain
[10h] The UAW coined the name for this strategy during the 2023 strike, in which workers gradually joined the picket lines at different plants, preserving strike funds and increasing pressure on management.
ANSWER: stand-up strike [prompt on rolling strike; reject “sit-down strike”]
[10e] The strike began with surprise picketing at three plants, including a Stellantis plant in this state. UAW strikers were joined by this state’s senator J.D. Vance.
ANSWER: Ohio
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