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United Auto Workers: Union President Shawn Fain told workers in a video appearance that the strikes were escalated because Ford and GM refused "to make meaningful progress" in contract talks. Jeep maker Stellantis was spared from the third round of strikes.
The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike to one additional assembly plant each at Ford and General Motors, but said progress in talks at Stellantis was keeping the union from expanding picket lines there.
The United Auto Workers strike against Detroit automakers has spread to dozens of facilites nationwide. And the walkouts are deepening. The UAW’s targeted strikes against General Motors, Stellantis and Ford
By Chris Isidore, CNN
About 6,900 autoworkers will take part in the latest wave of work stoppages, joining roughly 18,300 workers who are currently on strike for the union.