Live updates: United Auto Workers go on strike
Labor contracts have expired at America's three unionized automakers, and thousands of autoworkers have walked off the job. Follow here for the latest.
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Labor contracts have expired at America's three unionized automakers, and thousands of autoworkers have walked off the job. Follow here for the latest.
The strike is targeting specific plants of Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, and could grow quickly.
UAW President Shawn Fain made the announcement during a 10 p.m. Facebook Live presentation. His comments come near the end of a day of last-minute bargaining.
The United Auto Workers will strike General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant in Missouri (UAW Local 2250, Region 4), Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex (UAW Local 12, Region 2B), and Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, MI (Final Assembly and Paint only, UAW Local 900) if tentative agreements aren't reached at the three automakers before midnight according…
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain dismissed Ford CEO Jim Farley's claim that Ford would go bankrupt if it met all of the union's contract, saying, "It's a joke."