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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

US autoworkers to expand strikes amid contract stalemate: ‘We’re not messing around’

United Auto Worker members outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan.
United Auto Workers selected local unions to strike rather than staging a mass walkout. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP

The United Auto Workers (UAW) looks set to escalate strike actions against US car plants on Friday as the union struggles to reach a deal with the automakers General Motors, Stellantis and Ford.

The UAW president, Shawn Fain, announced last week that the union would launch a series of “stand up” strikes at individual car plants after failing to reach agreement over a new union contract with the car companies.

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