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.
Labor experts said the UAW's hardball tactics, including a historic six-week strike, paid off. Here's what autoworkers are getting.
A tentative agreement between the United Auto Workers and General Motors will still need the approval from the union's national council and a majority of its members, but an approval likely would mean employees will return to work at some point in November. Brian Rothenberg, a former UAW spokesperson and a partner at Triumph Communications, joins CBS News to discuss some of the key points in the deal.
The United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with General Motors, a move that could end the union's six-week strike. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the latest.
The pact with Stellantis comes just days after the UAW struck a similar deal with Ford, leaving only GM without an agreement.
With the tentative deal reached with Ford, the UAW will now be able to use it to model similar contract settlements with GM and Stellantis.
The United Auto Workers and Ford reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday evening, a move that will be critical to ending the union's six-week-old strikes against Detroit's Big Three automakers. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.
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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that the union's strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers "is working" but "we're not there yet." Fain said the union has made "significant progress" in its contract negotiations with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis since the strike began three weeks ago.
UAW President Shawn Fain made an announcement on Friday, sharing the latest bargaining updates in the union's historic strike against the Big Three automakers.
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UAW President Shawn Fain said 7,000 union workers in Chicago and Lansing, Michigan, will join the historic strike.
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President Biden on Tuesday joined the picket line alongside United Auto Workers union members in Michigan, taking up a megaphone as he encouraged workers holding the line. The president urged workers to "stick with it," saying they deserve a "significant" raise and other benefits as the strike has stretched on for 12 days. Former UAW spokesperson Brian Rothenberg joined CBS News to comment on Biden's remarks.
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President Biden will travel to Michigan next week to meet with the United Auto Workers who are striking against Detroit's Big Three automakers. This comes after the union expanded its historic strike Friday to include General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers across 20 states. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.
United Auto Workers chief Shawn Fain said the strike would expand to 38 GM and Stellantis parts distribution centers, but highlighted progress with Ford.