Autoworkers Union Expands Strike To Extra Factories

The United Auto Staff introduced Friday that it might enlarge its strike at Ford and Basic Motors to incorporate some other 7,000 staff.

UAW President Shawn Fain instructed individuals in a Fb Are living broadcast that the union had “momentum” in discussions with Stellantis, so it might no longer develop its strike at that automaker. Stellantis is the landlord of the Dodge and Jeep manufacturers.

“Unfortunately, regardless of our willingness to discount, Ford and GM have refused to make significant development,” Fain mentioned.

Fain known as on staff at Ford’s Chicago Meeting Plant in Illinois and GM’s Lansing Delta facility in Michigan to stroll out at midday Friday.

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