UAW ends strike after reaching tentative deals with Big 3 automakers
UAW President Shawn Fain hails "groundbreaking" agreement with GM and says union is suspending its strike with the Detroit automakers.
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UAW President Shawn Fain hails "groundbreaking" agreement with GM and says union is suspending its strike with the Detroit automakers.
The pact with Stellantis comes just days after the UAW struck a similar deal with Ford, leaving only GM without an agreement.
The UAW strike is now in its third week.
Gov. Kathy Hochul joined the United Auto Workers members on the picket line at the Chrysler parts depot in Rockland County on Wednesday. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3ZFJ85a
President Biden said the UAW "saved the auto industry back in 2008," and should reap the benefits of profits now.
Union workers at a distribution center in Rockland County walked off the job on Friday as the United Auto Workers union expanded its strike. CBS New York's Dick Brennan reports.
UAW President Shawn Fain called for additional strikes against all General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution facilities. Workers will strike at 38 locations across 20 states.
The clock is ticking down to a noon Friday deadline for a deal between autoworkers and the nation's big three carmakers. Without significant progress, the union says it will expand its strike to more plants. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports for CBS New York. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3ZEf7mp
"We're not messing around," Union chief Shawn Fain said in setting Friday deadline unless talks progress with Big Three automakers.
Workers face tension over wages and a frantic pace of work, said a veteran of the automaker's assembly factory in suburban Detroit.
The United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis entered its third day Sunday. Skyler Henry reports for CBS New York. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3RprT64
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said the union is rejecting a 21% pay increase offered by one of the Big Three automakers.
The United Auto Workers' historic strike is now in its second day. The union continues to seek a new contract. Michael George reports for CBS New York.
The United Auto Workers' historic strike stretched into its second day Saturday. Negotiators for the union continue to seek a new contract. Kris Van Cleave reports for CBS New York.
Nearly 13,000 United Auto Workers members are on the picket lines with talks expected to resume Saturday. CBS New York's Dick Brennan has more on the historic labor fight. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3RmWDVi
About 13,000 autoworkers walked off the job at midnight Friday.
After about 13,000 autoworkers walked off the job Friday, President Biden said he believes "record corporate profits" should be met with "record contracts" for workers. The UAW strike began after union leaders were unable to reach an agreement on a new contract with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. Chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett anchored a CBS News Special Report on Mr. Biden's remarks.
For the first time, thousands of United Auto Workers union members walked off the job at the same time at the big three automakers. CBS New York's Dick Brennan has more on the strike and what's next. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3RmWDVi
For the first time in American history, the United Auto Workers are striking against the so-called Big Three auto makers at the same time.
Employees at three Ford, GM and Stellantis plants walked off the job Friday and more could join them soon, the UAW said.
The UAW is threatening to have many of its 140,000 members walk off the job at 11:59 p.m. unless Detroit's Big Three automakers and the union agree on new contracts.
The North American International Auto Show got underway Wednesday in Detroit, but overshadowing this year's show is a possible strike by the United Auto Workers union. Kris Van Cleave reports for CBS New York. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/468qlBj
"I strongly feel this is in retaliation to the committee announcement, and it's shameful," said one fired employee.
