workers helping keep your favorite foods in stock and tv shows on air flexing new leverage. picket lines popping up nationwide. amid some industry labor shortages and severe supply chain issues. the cheap labor bubble has finally busted. reporter: more than 10,000 members of the united auto workers union clocking out and speaking up. the group keeping 14 john deere plants running across five states demanding more. if we have to set out of work for a while we will. reporter: the halts coming during a record breaking year for the agricultural giant. $4.7 billion in profits so far. john deere says they ll keep operations running why trying to resolve the rift. the uaw demands, part of a resurgent fight for workers rights picking up steam from coast to coast. we re fighting for everyone. if you clock in for a living, we re fighting for you. reporter: tavita is an airline union member who works for american airlines. he is now visiting picket lines