The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has not expanded its strike action against three of America’s biggest car firms, citing “significant” progress in talks.
Union boss Shawn Fain said it would hold off after General Motors had agreed that workers at its electric vehicle battery factories would automatically become union members.
But while it will not stage walk outs at new locations, the strike continues.
But while it will not stage walk outs at new locations, the strike continues.
Roughly 25,000 car workers at GM, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis are currently on the picket line.
The union, which represents roughly 146,000 people at the firms, declared a strike in mid-September, after contracts between the two parties expired.
It is the first industrial action by the UAW to target all three companies at once, but it has remained limited in scope, as the union calls on select locations to participate, wielding the threat of more to try to pressure the companies to agree a deal.
So far, the union has ordered walkouts at five factories and 38 parts depots operated by GM and Stellantis.
This week, the UAW considered a strike at GM’s SUV manufacturing plant in Arlington, Texas, but Mr Fain said the company had “leapfrogged” the pack in talks.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has not expanded its strike action against three of America’s biggest car firms, citing “significant” progress in talks.
But while it will not stage walk outs at new locations, the strike continues.
Union boss Shawn Fain said it would hold off after General Motors had agreed that workers at its electric vehicle battery factories would automatically become union members.
Roughly 25,000 car workers at GM, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis are currently on the picket line.
But while it will not stage walk outs at new locations, the strike continues.
But while it will not stage walk outs at new locations, the strike continues.
Roughly 25,000 car workers at GM, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis are currently on the picket line.
The union, which represents roughly 146,000 people at the firms, declared a strike in mid-September, after contracts between the two parties expired.
It is the first industrial action by the UAW to target all three companies at once, but it has remained limited in scope, as the union calls on select locations to participate, wielding the threat of more to try to pressure the companies to agree a deal.
So far, the union has ordered walkouts at five factories and 38 parts depots operated by GM and Stellantis.
This week, the UAW considered a strike at GM’s SUV manufacturing plant in Arlington, Texas, but Mr Fain said the company had “leapfrogged” the pack in talks.
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