The additional strikes come one week after a similar strike expansion at GM and Stellantis.
to two more U.S. assembly plants in Illinois and Michigan at noon ET, UAW President Shawn Fain said Friday.
The additional strikes come one week after a similar strike expansion. The UAW originally initiated work stoppages on Sept. 15 at three assembly plants — one each for the Detroit automakers. Last week, the union targeted aoperated by GM and Stellantis. At that time, the UAW spared Ford from expanded strikes, citing progress in those negotiations.
Roughly 18,300 workers, or about 12.5% of the UAW members covered by its contracts with the Detroit automakers, are currently on strike., citing several other UAW strikes aside from the Detroit automakers. The Friday announcement was delayed by nearly 30 minutes because the union received a "flurry of interest" from the automakers, Fain said.
Fain previously said the union would increase the work stoppages, based on progress in the contract negotiations. The talks haveGM and Stellantis in particular have grown increasingly frustrated by a lack of participation from Fain and what they say are delays in receiving counterproposals from the union, people familiar with the negotiations told CNBC.
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