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Michael Sainato

US auto workers strike escalates as UAW president calls on 38 more plants to join

People attend a UAW rally to support striking workers outside an assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky on Thursday.
People attend a UAW rally to support striking workers outside an assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday. Photograph: Reuters

The historic US autoworkers’ strike escalated on Friday as the United Auto Workers president, Shawn Fain, called on 38 additional plants across 20 states to join the strike.

During a live stream update on Friday morning, Fain announced the additional strikes at automaker plants as contract negotiations with the big three automakers remain far apart on economic issues.

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