UAW strike could expand further Friday: 'We may have to amp up the pressure'
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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain will address his membership via Facebook Friday morning at 10 ET, and a UAW source told FOX Business he will announce new strike targets against Detroit's Big Three automakers if sufficient progress has not been made in contract negotiations by then.
The UAW's plan is to ramp up its strike incrementally as negotiations drag on without agreements in place. It's a strategy the union has said enables it more flexibility in the escalation and makes it more difficult for auto companies to predict its next move.
Striking United Auto Workers march in front of the Stellantis Mopar factory Sept. 26, 2023, in Ontario, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The union's first walkouts began Sept. 15 at a single plant each at Ford, GM and Stellantis after Fain's marching orders via a Facebook live video that morning.
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The following Friday, Sept. 22, the union broadened its strike against GM and Stellantis by targeting 38 parts distribution plants between the two automakers. But it spared Ford from additional strike activity, saying progress had been made in talks with the company.
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Another union source told the Detroit Free Press «everything is on the table» with Fain's announcement Friday.
Following President Biden's visit to the picket lines Tuesday, Fain gave the outlet an update on how talks were going.
«We’re moving with all three companies still. It’s slower, but it’s bargaining,» he said. «Some days, you feel like
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