Striking UAW members hit by car outside Michigan GM plant
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Two striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members have been hospitalized in Michigan after they and three of their colleagues were hit by a car while demonstrating outside of a GM plant near Flint, reports say.
Metro Police Authority of Genesee County Chief Matt Bade said the five workers – who suffered minor injuries – were struck around 4 p.m. while blocking one of the exits to GM’s Flint Processing Center in Swartz Creek, according to MLive.com.
The driver, an employee at the plant, drove through picketing UAW members before leaving the scene, Bade separately told the Associated Press.
UAW Region 1-D President Steve Dawes told MLive.com that the vehicle involved is possibly a Chevrolet HHR or Chrysler PT Cruiser, dark in color, and that two of the workers had to be taken to local medical facilities for additional treatment.
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United Auto Workers picket outside the Flint Processing Center where multiple people were hit on Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Swartz Creek, Michigan. (Roberto Acosta/The Flint Journal via AP / AP Images)
«It was uncalled for,» Dawes said to the website. «These people are out here, you know these are my membership, and they’re out here doing a peaceful, legal demonstration.
»This is very serious and we’re going to be pushing this issue," he added.
GM spokesperson Jack Crawley was quoted by the AP as saying following the incident that the company «is committed to the health and safety of all employees.»
«Plant leadership is working closely with local authorities to
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