UAW President Shawn Fain is expected to announce more striking locations on Friday if serious progress isn't made.
United Auto Workers President, Shawn Fain addresses picketing UAW members at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on September 26, 2023, as US President Joe Biden joined the workers. Some 5,600 members of theUAW President Shawn Fain is giving Detroit's Big Three until Friday, Sept. 28, to make serious progress in negotiations.
Biden became the first sitting President to stand with a union on the picket lines when he flew into Detroit on Tuesday. So far, more than 18,000 UAW workers at 41 facilities across the country have gone on strike as Fain has implemented the standup strike. Rather than the entire union striking at once, Fain has taken a much more selective approach. Last week, he called on all GM,, for now, citing serious progress in talks.
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