[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 153 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH UAW

  (Mr. JACKSON of Illinois asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise today to stand in 
solidarity with our United Auto Workers brothers and sisters.
  Only 2 weeks before his assassination, Reverend Martin Luther King 
was in Memphis and supported the city sanitation workers' strike. To 
the crowd, he proclaimed that ``now is the time.''
  I echo Reverend Martin Luther King's words from the people's Chamber 
and say unto UAW auto workers: Now is the time.
  Number one, now is the time for a cost-of-living adjustment. In real 
terms, worker wages are more than 10 percent less than they were in 
2019, despite rising costs.
  Now is the time for an end to tiered employment in the automotive 
industry. Workers are making different wages doing equal work. This is 
simply unacceptable. The only difference between them is which labor 
contract was in force on the day that they started.
  Now is the time for job security. As we transition away from 
combustion engines, these jobs need to stay in America and remain good-
paying union jobs.
  Now is the time for a cost-of-living adjustment. Now is the time to 
end tiered employment pay. Now is the time for job security.
  I stand in solidarity with the UAW.

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