UAW to vote on strike authorization next week as president says talks with Detroit 3 moving slowly

 

August 16, 2023



DETROIT (AP) — About 146,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will vote next week whether to authorize their leaders to call strikes against the Detroit automakers.

Union President Shawn Fain told members in a Facebook Live appearance Tuesday that the talks, which started in mid-July, are moving slowly and have yet to get to wages and other economic issues.

The union's contracts with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis expire in about a month, at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14.

"If we want to make progress at the bargaining table, we need to show the companies that it's not just talk," Fain said...



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