In speaking about the details of the agreements now secured with the Big Three automakers, United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain said, “One of our biggest goals coming out of this contract victory is to organize like we’ve never organized before.”

“When we return to the bargaining table in 2028, it won’t just be the Big Three but with the Big Five or Big Six,” he concluded.

Those weren’t empty words. The same day the union announced it had reached a tentative agreement with General Motors (GM), the final company of the Big Three to sign a deal, news broke that the UAW was already on the move. Bloomberg reported that workers had formed an organizing committee with the UAW at Tesla’s flagship Fremont, California, plant.