"UAW Exposes Detroit Carmakers' Extreme CEO Pay Amidst Autoworker Union Demands"

Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union leading the ongoing strike against major U.S. automakers, earned a salary of $347,389 last year, placing him in the top 5% of earners in his home state of Indiana. Fain has been a vocal advocate for autoworkers and has criticized corporate greed and income disparity. While striking UAW members receive $500 a week in substitute pay, it is unclear if Fain has taken a pay cut. Some workers have called for an increase in strike pay and for union leaders to accept a pay cut. The strike has expanded to Ford's profitable truck plant in Kentucky, and negotiations with the automakers continue.