Though UAW President Shawn Fain has shared little about what he plans to announce, it's expected he will announce the next Big Three facilities joining workers on the picket lines.
The UAW president announced workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly plant and GM's Delta Assembly plant in Lansing would be the next round of workers to go on strike. This is after negotiations haven't seen meaningful progress with the two automakers.Seven thousand more union autoworkers will go on strike after the UAW president called on Ford and General Motors plants to walk off the line.
"Our courageous members at these two plants are the next wave of reinforcements in our fight for record contracts," Fain said during livestream Friday. According to Stellantis' last-known counteroffer, they had also offered a 20% wage increase, but they did not offer an elimination of tiered workers.
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