Striking autoworkers want to end the system of different wages for the same job. This system is known as pay discrimination and it perpetuates economic inequality by creating inequitable pay for autoworkers performing the same job. Pay discrimination often takes the form of unequal pay based on race, gender, age, or other personal characteristics. Autoworkers are united in their demand for fair wages and equal pay for equal work, and are using the strike as a way to pressure companies to end pay discrimination and eliminate economic inequality.
