(AOF) – “Today, American auto workers are leading the fight of their lives, for a decent standard of living, wages that increase with inflation, and decent pensions.” This is what Shawn Fain, president of the UAW union, declared in a video message posted on Twitter this Thursday, a few hours before the expiration of the ultimatum issued to the “Big Three”, Ford, GM and Stellantis – on September 14 at midnight. “We are launching a new kind of strike” the “stand-up strike”: “let us stand up for ourselves and for the working class”.