--- title: Shawn Fain Is on the 2024 TIME100 List description: Find out why Shawn Fain is one of the 100 most influential people of 2024. canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964232/shawn-fain/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-04-17T11:00:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-05T07:46:26.127Z og:title: Shawn Fain: The 100 Most Influential People of 2024 og:description: Find out why Shawn Fain is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964232/shawn-fain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c38741bae851908/698a5591b3fce361a40cd06f/time-100-2024-shawn-fain.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Shawn Fain: The 100 Most Influential People of 2024 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shawn Fain: The 100 Most Influential People of 2024 twitter:description: Find out why Shawn Fain is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c38741bae851908/698a5591b3fce361a40cd06f/time-100-2024-shawn-fain.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 17, 2024 # Shawn Fain > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: See Everyone on the TIME100 2024 list [Watch (HLS stream): See Everyone on the TIME100 2024 list](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/73p9kgIN.m3u8) (1:59)  _Published 2024-04-17_ by Joe Biden  UAW (US Auto Workers) president Shawn Fain speaks with members of the media and members of the UAW outside of the UAW Local 900 headquarters across the street from the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan on September 15, 2023\. The US auto workers' union announced the start of a strike at three factories just after midnight on Friday, September 15, as a deadline expired to reach a deal with employers on a new contract. "Tonight, for the first time in our history, we will strike all three of the Big Three at once," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a webcast two hours before the midnight contract expiration at the three major automakers. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP) (Photo by MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images) UAW (US Auto Workers) president Shawn Fain speaks with members of the media and members of the UAW outside of the UAW Local 900 headquarters across the street from the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan on September 15, 2023\. The US auto workers' union announced the start of a strike at three factories just after midnight on Friday, September 15, as a deadline expired to reach a deal with employers on a new contract. "Tonight, for the first time in our history, we will strike all three of the Big Three at once," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a webcast two hours before the midnight contract expiration at the three major automakers. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP) (Photo by MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images)Matthew Hatcher—AFP/Getty Images Last September in Michigan, UAW president Shawn Fain told his fellow striking workers, “In this union, the members are the highest authority. In this country, the people are the highest authority.” I know because I was there when he said it, as the first American President to walk a picket line. Shawn and I share a basic view of how workers deserve to be treated. Just as they sacrificed when their employers were on the brink, they deserve record contracts when those companies have record profits. It’s only fair. The historic wage increases the UAW won under Shawn’s leadership carry forward the powerful legacy of labor leader and fellow [UAW president Walter Reuther](https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,989782-1,00.html), and have led virtually every auto-maker across the country to follow suit. They remind us that when unions win, all workers benefit. Shawn represents the hard-won success that unions—from the Teamsters, to the SEIU, to [writers and actors](https://time.com/collection/time100-voices/6323410/wga-strike-lessons-for-unions/), dockworkers and health care workers, baristas, warehouse workers, and more—had in making [2023 the year of the union](https://time.com/6240846/2023-workers-strike/). They proved what I’ve always said: Wall Street didn’t build America. The middle class built America. 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