The United Auto Workers Union (UAW) has just announced a major strike against America’s top three unionized automakers.
The UAW announced that members would not be showing up for work at Detroit’s Big Three automakers on Friday.
According to Reuters, the historic action is the first time that the 146,000-member union has simultaneously gone on strike against Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis.
UAW President Shawn Fain announced that the strike would begin on Friday at GM’s midsize truck and full-size van plant in Wentzville, Missouri; Ford’s Ranger midsize pickup and Bronco SUV plant in Wayne, Michigan; and Stellantis’ Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio.
However, Fain is not yet committing to a complete strike for all UAW members.
“For the first time in our history, we will strike all three of the ‘Big Three’ at once,” Fain said Thursday in live remarks streamed on Twitter/X.
“We are using a new strategy, the ‘stand-up’ strike.
“We will call on select facilities, locals, or units to stand up and go on strike.”
“Then as now, we face massive inequality across our society,” the UAW said in a Wednesday statement.
“Then as now, our industry is rapidly changing and workers are being left behind.
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