UAW strike against Detroit Three automakers enters third day
By David Shepardson
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit Three automakers entered its third day on Sunday with no immediate resolution on the horizon.
Union negotiators and representatives of General Motors (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F) and Stellantis (NYSE:STLA) were set to resume talks starting Sunday, following the start of the most ambitious U.S. industrial labor action in decades. This is the first time the UAW has gone on strike against all three automakers simultaneously.
The coordinated strike comes at a time when Americans' approval of labor unions is at its highest point in decades even as membership in unions remains largely unchanged.
UAW President Shawn Fain told MSNBC on Sunday that progress in the talks has been slow. The UAW is set to resume talks with GM on Sunday, and Stellantis and Ford on Monday.
“I don't really want to say we're closer,” he said. “It's a shame that the companies didn't take our advice and get down to business from the beginning of bargaining back in mid-July.”
Asked in a subsequent appearance on CBS Face the Nation whether workers would walk out at more plants this week, Fain said the union was «prepared to do whatever we have to do.»
About 12,700 UAW workers remain on strike as part of a coordinated labor action targeting three U.S. assembly plants — one at each of the Detroit Three automakers after the prior four-year labor agreements expired at 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Negotiators for the UAW and Ford had «reasonably productive discussions» toward a new contract on Saturday, the union said, while Chrysler-parent Stellantis said it hiked its offer, proposing raises of 20% over a four-and-a-half-year contract term, including an immediate 10% hike. That matched
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