The United Auto Workers (UAW) are on strike primarily due to contract disputes focused on job security, health care costs, pay, and time off. Specifically, in August 2025, over 600 UAW members at two GE Aerospace facilities in Evendale, Ohio, and Erlanger, Kentucky, walked off the job after negotiations failed. The union describes the company's counteroffers on health care costs as "insulting," with proposed increases up to 36-40% over four years, which the workers reject. They are also demanding better job security, improved pay, and more paid time off. The company offered a 12% wage increase over three years and additional paid leave but considered the strike premature since workers had not yet voted on the offer. The union context includes frustration over rising healthcare costs coinciding with the company's record revenues and high executive compensation. This strike is part of broader labor unrest in aerospace and other industries aiming to achieve fairer contracts for workers amid rising living costs and inequality.