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UAW to vote on strike authorization next week as president says talks with Detroit 3 moving slowly
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Dean Kennedy blocks an entrance to the Flint Metal Center, Oct. 17, 2019 in Flint, Mich. About 146,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will vote next week on authorizing their leaders to call strikes against the Detroit automakers. Union President Shawn Fain said in a statement Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023 that talks are moving slowly and have yet to address wages and other economic issues. - photo by Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, file
DETROIT (AP) — About 146,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will vote next week whether to authorize their leaders to call strikes against the Detroit automakers. Union President Shawn Fain told members in a Facebook Live appearance Tuesday that the talks, which started in mid-July, are moving slowly and have yet to get to wages and other economic issues. The union's contracts with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis expire in about a month, at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14.