United Auto Workers members on strike picket outside General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Detroit with Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, far left, Sept. 25, 2019.
"However, with current inventories hovering around only 55 days, the industry looks different than it did during the last UAW strike."
The automaker said the strike cost it about $3.6 billion that year in earnings.
He said the union has no plans to extend the current contracts to allow for bargaining to continue without a strike, which was previously common practice.
AEG's estimates do not include UAW strike pay or assessments for strike pay, unemployment benefits or unemployment taxes, income taxes on wages and other potential effects such as settlement bonuses.
Persons:
Sen, Bernie Sanders, Tyler Theile, hasn't, Patrick Anderson, Shawn Fain, Tom Narayan, GM's
Organizations:
United Auto Workers, General Motors, Hamtramck Assembly, DETROIT, Detroit's Big, UAW, Ford Motor, Anderson Economic Group, AEG, Consumer, Detroit automakers, GM, Automotive Press Association, Ford, RBC Capital
Locations:
Detroit, Hamtramck, Vermont, Michigan