Signs of progress as UAW and Detroit automakers continue "active talks"

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is scheduled to give an update Friday on the union's labor contract negotiations with Detroit's Big Three automakers, with some signs the sides are narrowing their differences as the strike inflicts an increasingly heavy financial toll.

Fain could call for additional strikes at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis or he could announce that progress has been made and halt the work stoppages. The union has so far limited the strike to about 25,000 workers at five vehicle assembly plants and 38 parts warehouses. Still, Fain has announced strike expansions on each of the past two Fridays.

Almost three weeks into the strike, there are rumblings in Michigan that the Big Three and the UAW are headed in the right direction. Both sides made meaningful progress during talks Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. A source with the UAW told CBS News that "active talks" are happening.