United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for 7,000 more employees of Ford and General Motors to go on strike at 12 p.m. Eastern Time Friday.
Fain says union members at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant and GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant will walk off the job.
Stellantis, the third member of Detroit’s Big Three, was spared additional strikes this week. Fain said that reflected recent progress in contract talks between the UAW and the company that builds Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge vehicles.
The latest expansion will mean about 25,000 of the UAW’s 146,000 members will be on strike.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com
