Despite being raised on a steady diet of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or perhaps because of it—Joey Capparella nonetheless cultivated an obsession for the automotive industry throughout his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee.
The UAW has expanded its ongoing strike to two large assembly plants that build some of General Motors' and Stellantis' most profitable vehicles. Workers walked out of the Arlington, Texas, plant that builds GM's full-size SUVs including the Chevy Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade; this follows an expansion of the strike to Stellantis' Sterling Heights, Michigan, facility that builds the Ram 1500 full-size pickup truck.
The union says that GM's current offer does not adequately reward workers for their contributions to the company's profits, while claiming that Stellantis' offer lags behind GM and Ford and is the 'worst proposal on the table' in terms of wage progression and other financial concerns.In a statement, General Motors responded by saying that, 'The current offer is the most significant that GM has ever proposed to the UAW.
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