Next on the United Auto Workers' to-do list: Adding more members who currently work at nonunion factories to its ranks

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Marick Masters, Wayne State University and Raymond Gibney Jr., Penn State

(THE CONVERSATION) Having negotiated “record contracts” with the Big Three – and seen the bulk of its rank-and-file members approve them – the United Auto Workers says its work isn’t done.

The union intends to try once more to persuade the rest of the U.S. auto industry’s workers to join the union.

“We’re going to organize like we’ve never organized before,” said UAW President Shawn Fain.

As labor scholars who have studied union finances, we believe this is a formidable objective. On top of the intense...