The UAW Strike Just Got Even Bigger
Seven thousand more UAW members just walked off the job, expanding the strike to two more plants. Twenty-five thousand autoworkers are now on strike, and the walkout could continue to escalate if the Big Three don’t budge in negotiations.
Striking autoworkers march in front of the Stellantis Mopar facility on September 26, 2023, in Ontario, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Seven thousand United Auto Workers (UAW) members at two more assembly plants have walked off the job at noon ET today, UAW president Shawn Fain announced in a Facebook Live appearance this morning. Joining the strike are Ford’s Chicago Assembly plant and General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township Assembly in Michigan.
Fain announced that Stellantis would be spared this time. The union had been expected to strike all three companies, but, said Region 1 director LaShawn English, three minutes before Fain was scheduled to go on Facebook Live, the UAW received frantic emails from company representatives.
According to Fain, Stellantis made “significant progress” on cost-of-living allowances, the right not to cross a picket line, and the right to strike over product commitments and plant closures. “We are excited about this momentum at Stellantis and hope it continues,” Fain said.
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