United Auto Workers go on strike against Ford, GM, Stellantis
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Detroit's Big Three automakers failed to reach a new labor agreement before their contract with employees represented by the United Auto Workers expired at midnight Thursday, setting the stage for one of the largest strikes to hit the U.S. in years.
The UAW said it now plans to execute a so-called stand up strike strategy in which employees at a small number of Ford, General Motors and Stellantis factories are walking off the job on Friday. Employees, who technically are now working under an expired labor contract, will be paid through the UAW's strike fund, which sits at $825 million.
"Tonight, for the first time in our history, we will strike all three of the Big Three at once," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a Facebook Live address late Thursday night.
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