United Auto Workers union boss set to announce next moves in strike against Ford, GM, Stellantis
Automotive News Executive Editor Jamie Butters discusses the expansion of the UAW strikes and its impact on car buyers.
United Auto Workers President Sean Fain is set to deliver his weekly address to members via Facebook live on Friday at 2 p.m. ET, at which time he is expected to announce the union's next moves in its ongoing simultaneous strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
The union's strategy of striking at certain plants and incrementally adding more targets against any of Detroit's Big Three as negotiations continue comes with an element of surprise and is designed to put pressure against the automakers and play them against each other.
Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), speaks during a UAW rally in Detroit on Sept. 15, 2023. Fain is slated to make his next address to members on Oct. 6, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET. (Emily Elconin / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
Since the strike began on Sept. 15 at one facility owned by each manufacturer, the UAW has expanded the strike twice, with Fain delivering the updates in his Friday video messages. GM was hit harder by the union both times while Ford was spared from the first escalation and Stellantis dodged the second.
Fain has vowed to increase strike targets at any automaker that is not making sufficient progress in contract talks from the UAW's perspective.
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