UAW launches strike against Big 3 automakers
The two sides failed to reach an agreement before a deadline set by the union. A union representing nearly 150,000 autoworkers launched a strike early Friday morning against the Big 3 U.S. automakers -- General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. The United Auto Workers, or UAW, and the car manufacturers failed to reach a contract agreement before a deadline set by the union for Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET. Less than two hours before the deadline, UAW president Shawn Fain announced the plants where union members would strike if a tentative agreement wasn't reached in time. By midnight Friday, that amounted to approximately 12,700 union workers, including ones at GM in Wentzville, Missouri; Stellantis in Toledo, Ohio; and Ford’s Wayne, Michigan plant. The union is doing what’s called a “stand-up” strike , where not all union members strike at once. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks at a rally with union members after marching in the Detroit Labor Day Parade on September 4, 202...