The historic strike in the US auto industry is being expanded at two of the three major automakers: The powerful auto union UAW called a strike in all 38 parts distribution centers on Friday General Motors (GM) and Stellantis on. There, negotiations over demands for wage increases have stalled. The strike was not expanded ford, because there is movement there. Together, the car manufacturers are the country’s “Big Three”.
“We’ve been saying for weeks that we won’t wait forever for fair contracts from the Big Three,” said UAW President Shawn Fain, who, with his tough confrontational course, has not only caused excitement in the US industry. Everyone who shared the workers’ concerns was invited to support them “on the strike front, family, friends, even the president of the USA“, he continued. The union is demanding significant wage increases in view of the car manufacturers’ profits – a demand also supported by US President Joe Biden supports.
UAW is demanding salary increases of around 40 percent
The strike at the three major car manufacturers began a week ago in one of each of the three companies’ plants. The new strikes at the 38 centers now affect 20 states in the USA.
The UAW is demanding salary increases of about 40 percent over four years. According to them, this corresponds to the increase in income of top managers. According to the union, the employers have not yet responded to this demand, and negotiations have not made progress with other demands such as additional vacation days.
Regarding Ford, Fain said that the negotiations there were not yet over. However, there is a “serious desire for a solution”. Things look completely different at Stellantis and GM.