
The United Auto Workers expanded its historic strike against General Motors and Ford by adding two additional assembly plants, ramping up pressure on the companies to come to a new contract deal.
Workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant and GM's Lansing-Delta Assembly Plant walked off their jobs at noon. The plants employ around 7,000 people, bringing the total number of striking UAW auto workers to around 25,000 under the union's plans to gradually expand its strike against the Big Three automakers.