UAW again threatens to expand strikes at Detroit automakers if progress isn’t made by Friday

UAW again threatens to expand strikes at Detroit automakers if progress isn’t made by Friday


Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 230 and their supporters walk the picket line in front of the Chrysler Corporate Parts Division in Ontario, California, on September 26, 2023, to show solidarity for the “Big Three” autoworkers currently on strike. 

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DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union will announce expanded strikes at General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis plants if the sides don’t make significant progress in negotiations by 10 a.m. ET Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The new union-imposed deadline comes a week after the UAW announced it would expand its initial Sept. 15 strikes at assembly plants of each of the Detroit automakers to 38 additional parts and distribution locations for GM and Stellantis. The UAW did not expand its strikes at Ford, citing progress in those talks.

Like a week earlier, it’s expected that UAW President Shawn Fain will host a Facebook Live event to announce which plants will walk out at noon Friday, barring progress in the talks.

The strikes currently involve about 18,300 workers, or 12.5% of the UAW’s 146,000 members whose labor contracts expired on Sept. 14.

Fain previously said the union planned to increase the work stoppages, based on how negotiations with the companies were going. It’s calling the work stoppages “stand-up strikes,” a nod to historic “sit-down” strikes by the UAW in the 1930s.

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Spokespeople for the Detroit automakers did not immediately respond for comment Wednesday.

The additional strike plans come despite record contract offers from the automakers that include roughly 20% hourly wage increases, thousands of dollars in bonuses, retention of the union’s platinum health care and other sweetened benefits.

The union’s new deadline comes a day after President Joe Biden joined Fain and union members, becoming the first-known sitting president to walk a picket line with striking auto workers. The commander-in-chief also voiced support for the union and its demands, including a 40% wage increase during the life of the contract.

The UAW has further demanded a shortened workweek, a shift back to traditional pensions, the elimination of compensation tiers and a restoration of cost-of-living adjustments, among other improvements.

Unlike past strikes, UAW leaders opted for targeted strikes at select plants instead of initiating national walkouts at the plants.

The strategy is in an effort to keep the automakers on edge and assist in pitting them against one another to achieve the best contracts for union members, according to private messages leaked last week involving UAW communications director Jonah Furman.

The messages, which described a strategy to cause “recurring reputations damage and operational chaos” for the companies, were heavily criticized by the automakers.



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