The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit's Three automakers by going on strike Wednesday at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world. The union's president on Thursday threatened escalation at Jeep maker Stellantis.
File - Striking UAW workers picket at the Jeep Assembly Plant on Oct. 9, 2023 in Toledo, Ohio. The UAW contends that the furloughs by Detroit’s three automakers were not necessary and are being done in an effort to push members to accept less in contract negotiations. File - Striking United Auto Workers members Rob Marchese, left, and Neil Peters picket at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex on Oct. 7, 2023, in Toledo, Ohio.
A Ford executive said the union called a meeting at the company’s Dearborn, Michigan, headquarters Wednesday afternoon where Fain asked if the company had another offer. In a video, Fain said the union moved because Ford didn’t change its offer. “We’ve been very patient working with the company on this,” he said. “They have not met expectations, they’re not even coming to the table on it.”
Fain, Masters said, likely is testing how far he needs to push Ford before going to “full throttle,” by taking all 57,000 Ford members out on strike. Thus far, the union has decided to target a small number of plants from each company rather than have all 146,000 UAW members at the automakers go on strike at the same time.in the talks and decided not to add any more plants. This came after GM agreed to bring joint-venture electric vehicle battery factories into the national master contract, almost assuring that the plants will be unionized.in the negotiations.
The UAW rejects that argument. It contends that the layoffs are unjustified and were imposed as part of the companies’ pressure campaign to persuade UAW members to accept less in negotiations with automakers. The factories affected by layoffs are in six states: Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana and New York.
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