Posted on Sep 15, 2023
As UAW strike begins, autoworkers want to 'play hardball'
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Autoworkers' emotions — from excitement to fear and apprehension — are running high as their union, the United Auto Workers, launches an unprecedented strike against the Big Three automakers.
For the first time in history, the UAW is striking against all three major Detroit automakers at once after failing to reach a deal on pay, pensions and other benefits with the auto companies.
Under the bold gamble unveiled by UAW President Shawn Fain, workers at only three Midwestern plants — a General Motors plant in Wentzville, Missouri, a Stellantis plant in Toledo, Ohio, and part of a Ford plant in Wayne, Mich. — walked off the job on Friday. They represent about 9% of the nearly 150,000 UAW members employed by the three companies.
Autoworkers' emotions — from excitement to fear and apprehension — are running high as their union, the United Auto Workers, launches an unprecedented strike against the Big Three automakers.
For the first time in history, the UAW is striking against all three major Detroit automakers at once after failing to reach a deal on pay, pensions and other benefits with the auto companies.
Under the bold gamble unveiled by UAW President Shawn Fain, workers at only three Midwestern plants — a General Motors plant in Wentzville, Missouri, a Stellantis plant in Toledo, Ohio, and part of a Ford plant in Wayne, Mich. — walked off the job on Friday. They represent about 9% of the nearly 150,000 UAW members employed by the three companies.
As UAW strike begins, autoworkers want to 'play hardball'
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