DETROIT (AP) — aWith just over 24 hours left before a strike deadline, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain says offers from the companies aren't enough and the union is getting ready to strike.
We are preparing to strike these companies in a way they've never seen before.”The union is threatening to strike after contracts with companies that haven't reached an agreement by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Fain said the companies upped their wage offers, but he still called them inadequate.
In a 2019 agreement the union got 6% pay raises over four years with lump sums in some years as well as profit sharing checks.
All three companies’ offers on cost-of-living adjustments were deficient, he said, providing little or no protection against inflation, or annual lump sums that may workers won’t get.
Persons:
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Organizations:
DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Motors, Ford, UAW, GM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Locations:
North America, Dallas