US on the road to industrial action
Nearly 150 thousand U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises.
Nearly 150 thousand U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises.
Workers want a 46% pay increase and the restoration of concessions workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble.
The United Auto Workers union, has threatened to strike any of the three companies that haven鈥檛 reached an agreement by the time its contract with the union expires.
(Picture: United Auto Workers (UAW) union members picket outside the General Motors Flint Metal plant in Flint, Michigan September 25, 2007. Credit: REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES)/File Photo)
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