This month marks two years since the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) “stand-up strike.” We made history as a union with that fight. But we’ve got more to win, at the Big Three and beyond.

Our Big Three contract expiration in 2028 is less than a thousand days away. So it’s time to talk about how far we’ve come, how far we have left to go, how we’re going to fight differently so we can win differently, and how we’re going to finally win justice for what the working class lost in the Great Recession — starting with retiree pensions and health care.

I want to start with a couple images, what I believe are the most important charts in America in 2025. They are simple charts, but they tell the whole story about everything that is wrong with our country and economy.