More than 49,000 union workers for General Motors are on a nationwide strike after negotiations for a new labor contract hit a stalemate.
More than 49,000 union workers for General Motors walked off their jobs Sunday night at and went on a nationwide strike after negotiations for a new labor contract hit a stalemate.
UAW confirmed in a one-sentence statement at 11:59 p.m. that the strike had begun. Workers were filmed marching outside a GM assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan, at midnight. A strike was called after UAW leaders from across the nation met in Detroit on Sunday morning to consider what action to take after the workers' labor contract expired.
Union leaders have argued that GM workers deserved a bigger slice of the company's record profits, which they say have totaled $35 billion in North America over the last three years. In August, GM reported solid second-quarter earnings with income up $2.4 billion, an increase of 1.6% over the previous year.
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