The United Auto Workers Union announced Friday its strike authorization vote passed with 'near universal approval' from its 150,000 members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
The United Auto Workers Union announced Friday its strike authorization vote passed with "near universal approval" from its 150,000 members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
The UAW is currently negotiating new contracts with the automakers, with its current ones expiring on Sept. 14. The massive labor union says its demands "include the elimination of tiered wages and benefits, wage increases to offset inflation and match the generous salary increases of company executives over the last four years, the re-establishment of cost-of-living allowances and defined benefit pensions and retiree healthcare, the right to strike over plant closures, significant increases to current retiree benefits, and more paid time off to be with family.
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