Stock Market Today: UAW Strike Sends Stocks Lower
The main benchmarks ended the week with a thud as contract negotiations between the Big 3 automakers and the United Auto Workers stalled. Stocks opened lower Friday and kept sliding into the close. Weighing on investor sentiment was the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, which officially began today after contract negotiations between union leaders and the country's three largest automakers stalled ahead of last night's deadline. Market participants also looked ahead to next week's Fed meeting fo