No Deal Yet On UAW Strike vs Big 3 Automakers

The United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit Three automakers entered its third day with no immediate resolution on the horizon, as reported by David Shepardson for Reuters.

This marks the first time the UAW has gone on strike against all three automakers simultaneously. I Photo: UAW International Union Facebook

Union negotiators and representatives of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis were set to resume talks starting Sunday, following the start of the most ambitious US industrial labor action in decades.

This marks the first time the UAW has gone on strike against all three automakers simultaneously.

The coordinated strike comes at a time when Americans' approval of labor unions is at its highest point in decades, even as membership in unions remains largely unchanged, as reported by Hannah Lang, Andrea Shalal, and Ben Klayman for Reuters.

UAW President Shawn Fain told MSNBC on Sunday that progress in the talks has been slow. The UAW resumed talks with GM on Sunday and will do so with Stellantis and Ford on Monday.

He said, "I don't really want to say we're closer. It's a shame that the companies didn't take our advice and get down to business from the beginning of bargaining back in mid-July."

Asked in a subsequent appearance on CBS Face the Nation whether workers would walk out at more plants this week, Fain said the union was "prepared to do whatever we have to do."

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