The United Auto Workers (UAW) union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors , Ford and Chrysler parent Stellantis on Friday, kicking off the most ambitious U.S. industrial labor action in decades.
of the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler and Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck, along with other popular models."Every negotiation takes on the personality of the leader who's running, you know, from a UAW perspective, as well as what the situational issues are at the time. But I think the key in any of this is to get to the table, talk through the issues. And then that's what we've been working to do.""This is more of a symbolic strike than an actual damaging one ...
"I think they are making progress at the table... the initial offers were much lower, like 9% increases and now you're up to 20% for increases. So that's more than double. You're seeing the UAW come down. You're no longer hearing anything about the 32-hour work week from the UAW.
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