UAW Cites "Fruitful" Talks With Ford As Strike Continues

Negotiators for the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Ford Motor had "reasonably productive discussions" toward a new contract, the union said recently.

Union negotiators and representatives of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis resumed talks on Saturday, a day after the UAW initiated the most ambitious US industrial labor action in decades. I Photo: UAW International Union

Meanwhile, officials at Chrysler's parent company, Stellantis said a proposal to resume work at an idled Illinois factory has fallen through, David Shepardson and Joseph White reported for Reuters.

About 12,700 UAW workers remained on strike for a second day as part of a coordinated labor action targeting three US assembly plants - one at each of the Detroit Three automakers.

Union negotiators and representatives of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis resumed talks on Saturday, a day after the UAW initiated the most ambitious US industrial labor action in decades.

There was no sign of a breakthrough as of Saturday afternoon. However, the UAW's comment about the tenor of talks at Ford was more positive than the union's characterization of progress ahead of the kickoff of the strikes.

On Thursday, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the UAW's proposals would push the company into bankruptcy, adding that there was "nothing going on" in negotiations.

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