BREAKING: UAW has a targeted strike against several big three plants
This is a first of it's kind strike
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Thursday night said the UAW will strike all the Big Three automakers – GM, Ford and Stellantis – at the same time as of midnight if the companies do not reach tentative labor deals with the auto workers.
“Tonight for the first time in our history we will strike all three of the big three at once,” Fain said in a Facebook live transmission. He identified three assembly plants for targeted strikes: a GM plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Stellantis plant in Toledo; and a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan.
The selected plants produce highly profitable vehicles for the automakers that largely continue to be in high-demand. About 12,700 workers – 5,800 at Stellantis, 3,600 at GM and 3,300 at Ford – will go out on strike at the plants in total, the union said. The UAW represents about 146,000 workers across Ford, GM and Stellantis.
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The union has a list of demands including 36% pay raises over four years, cost of living raises, and an end to different tiers of wages for workers. Ford and GM are offering 20% during the next contract while Stellantis' last known offer was 17.5%.
Steve Delie, with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, wrote a piece in the National Review saying “the union has a list of demands including 36% pay raises over four years, cost of living raises, and an end to different tiers of wages for workers. Ford and GM are offering 20% during the next contract while Stellantis' last known offer was 17.5%”
The selected plants produce highly profitable vehicles for the automakers that largely continue to be in high-demand. About 12,700 workers – 5,800 at Stellantis, 3,600 at GM and 3,300 at Ford – will go out on strike at the plants in total, the union said. The UAW represents about 146,000 workers across Ford, GM and Stellantis.