Auto Strike Looms, Threatening to Shut Detroit’s Big 3
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/business/economy/uaw-autoworkers-strike.html
With their contract expiring Sept. 14, the United Auto Workers and the companies are far apart in talks. A walkout could take a big economic toll.
The United Auto Workers union and the three Detroit automakers have less than two weeks to negotiate a new labor contract, and a strike of some sort seems increasingly likely.
The union’s president, Shawn Fain, has primed rank-and-file members to be prepared to walk off the job if the union’s long list of demands for improved wages and benefits are not met.
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 3, 2023, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: U.A.W. and Big 3 Face Sizable Gap To Avoid a Strike.