Autoworkers vote overwhelmingly to let UAW leaders call strikes against Detroit companies

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Auto workers have voted overwhelmingly to give union leaders the authority to call strikes against Detroit car companies if a contract agreement isn't reached.

Stellantis, which has drawn much of Fain's ire in recent weeks, said Friday that negotiations “continue to be constructive and collaborative.” The company said it wants an agreement that will balance employee concerns and position Stellantis to “meet the challenges U.S. marketplace and secures the future for all of our employees, their families and our company.”

Ford said it's working with the UAW on “creative solutions during this time when our dramatically changing industry needs a skilled and competitive workforce more than ever.”restoration of pensions for new hires, elimination of wage tiers and other items. Fain has often told workers they have to be ready to strike in order to achieve gains from the profitable automakers.battery plants being built by the companies, and it's seeking top union wages at those factories.

Jason Hale, an assembly line inspector at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, said he voted to authorize a strike.pay raises and restore cost-of-living pay increases and pensions for all workers. Cost of living is the most important, he said.He thinks the union should strike all three companies at the same time. “That would show solidarity and we’re here to mean business," he said.

 

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