On September 26, 2023, members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 230 and their supporters walked on a picket line in front of a Chrysler Corporation parts department in Ontario, California, in support of currently striking Big Three autoworkers.
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DETROIT – United Auto Workers to announce expanded strike General Motors, Ford and star The plant will be closed if the two sides fail to make significant progress in talks by 10 a.m. ET on Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A week ago, the UAW announced it would expand an initial Sept. 15 strike targeting the automaker’s assembly plants in Detroit to 38 GM and Stellantis parts and distribution locations. UAW not expanding strike Fordciting the progress of these negotiations.
As a week ago, UAW President Shawn Fain is expected to host a Facebook Live event to announce which plants will strike at noon on Friday unless negotiations progress.
Currently, the strike involves about 18,300 workers, accounting for 12.5% of the UAW’s 146,000 members whose labor contracts expired on September 14.
A spokesman for the Detroit automaker did not immediately respond for comment Wednesday.
The union’s new deadline comes a day after President Joe Biden joined Fein and union members in becoming the first known sitting president to take to the picket lines with striking autoworkers. The commander-in-chief also expressed support for the union and its demands, including a 40% pay increase over the life of the contract.
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