The United Auto Workers strike in the Chicagoland area continues for the second day from Naperville to Bolingbrook as negotiations remain ongoing as the union tries to reach an agreement with the big three.
Houston works at the General Motors Parts Distribution Center in Bolingbrook. She told NBC Chicago for the past year she’s been commuting from Gary, Indiana.
“I mean not having the pay, coming here, busting our tails, working overtime voluntary, sometimes mandatory for pennies—it just doesn’t add up,” she said. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyHouston said she and her colleagues are struggling to make ends meet, living paycheck-to-paycheck and experiencing the pinch from inflation and cost-of-living increases.
“$17-an-hour starting wage is just not livable for a lot of our workers,” said UAW Local 2114 recording secretary Steve Gregor. “They can’t afford our cars.” 5,500 workers in the Chicago area joined nearly 13,000 already on strike across the country. The strike expanded to 38 new locations Friday afternoon after the union said GM and Stellantis failed to make any progress with negotiations.
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