The UAW’s targeted strike against the Big Three Detroit automakers continues following last week’s walkout at GM, Ford, and Stellantis. Negotiations between union representatives and the three automakers are ongoing, but reportedly not making much progress. If no resolution is found, it’s possible the UAW will expand the strike to include additional production facilities sometime this week.
According to a report from Reuters, talks between the UAW and all three automakers resumed on Sunday. The UAW called for a strike following the expiration of the previous auto labor contracts on Thursday, September 14the. This is reportedly the first time in which the UAW has called for a strike against all three of the Big Detroit automakers at the same time.
UAW President Shawn Fain addressed the strikes in an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday, saying that while talks are ongoing, progress has been slow thus far.
“I don’t really want to say we’re closer,” Fain said. “It’s a shame that the companies didn’t take our advice and get down to business form the beginning of bargaining back in mid-July.”
It’s estimated that roughly 12,700 UAW members are currently on strike at three separate production facilities, including the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri, Ford’s Wayne Assembly plant in Michigan, and the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio. The walkouts have affected production of several popular models across all three automakers, including the Chevy Colorado, the Ford Bronco, and the Jeep Wrangler, among others.
Fain was asked on CBS Face the Nation if the UAW would call for further walkouts this week, to which the UAW President responded that union members were “prepared to do whatever we have to do.” Analysts predict that the UAW’s next move may be to target bigger profit-makers, such as the Chevy Silverado, the Ford F-150, and Ram pickup. General Motors told workers at the GM Fairfax plant that the strike will affect operations at the facility.
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They are hiring overseas in China.
In the long range screwing themselves out of a job more Automation and more overseas they may short-term get a raise but that’s about all and thanks to our illustrious president and their policies it’s estimated that they’re still going to lose at least 110,000 jobs because of the EVS therefore in the long run eliminating union jobs in the whole time he’ll tell you how pro-labor he is
After this I really think the EV bubble is with US legacy auto and not Tesla. Just a matter of time till it bursts.
I think you are absolutely right about that…unfortunately
But Robert Peters is on his way to save the day.
Speaking of EVS my understanding is 88% of the population does not want them and I am one of them
Not all the UAW plants get anything. The GMCH plants start at about $16 per hour with no benefits for at least two years. If there is no raise for GMCH plants this time that would mean no raise for 12 years. They already have a hard time with retention but it will get much worse.
They can afford to pay more. The axle lines have less than half the number of employees from 5 years ago with three times the output. It would be higher but the machines slow them down. Employees on those lines average 12 to 18 miles per shift while working so don’t even bother with calling them lazy. That plant also has by far the best metrics and quality of all the plants and suppliers.