The UAW strike shows no signs of slowing down as it expands to GM’s largest plant.
“In another major expansion of its six-week long strikes at the three large U.S. automakers, the United Automobile Workers union on Tuesday told 5,000 workers at General Motors’ largest U.S. plant, in Arlington, Texas, to stop working.
The union expanded the strike on the same day that G.M. announced a drop in its third-quarter profit and said U.A.W. work stoppages had cost it $800 million so far.
The work stoppage in Arlington continued the union’s strategy of targeting some of the carmaker’s most profitable vehicles. The Texas factory makes large sport utility vehicles including the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade.
On Monday, the union also struck at a Ram pickup truck plant, the largest U.S. factory that Stellantis operates. The U.A.W. has also struck Ford Motor’s largest plant, in Louisville, Ky., which produces the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair, which are small S.U.V.s.
‘Another record quarter, another record year; as we’ve said for months: record profits equal record contracts,’ the U.A.W. president, Shawn Fain, said in a statement. ‘It’s time G.M. workers, and the whole working class, get their fair share.'”
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