Almost 13,000 workers at three Big Three sites will be involved in initial strike action
union. Labor contracts expired on Thursday night and the UAW called the strike because it claims the car giants haven’t come up with suitable offers for their members.
The strike started at midnight eastern time at GM’s Wentzville, Missouri truck plant, Ford’s Michigan facility responsible for Bronco production and the Stellantisplant in Toledo. Other sites will carry on as normal for now, though the UAW hasn’t ruled out the possibility of the strike expanding to include more areas of the carmakers’ operations. Around 12,700 workers are said to be involved in the strike and will be paid $500 per week from a UAW fund.
UAW leaders have been asking for major improvements to pay and working arrangements that include a 40 percent pay increase over four years, more paid time off work, including a four-day working week, and the return of automatic inflation-linked pay increases.
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