His comments come despite record contract offers from General Motors , Ford Motor and Stellantis that now include 23% hourly pay increases and other significantly enhanced benefits during the terms of the four and a half-year deal.
"These are already record contracts, but they come at the end of decades of record decline.
Despite Fain's comments, the union did not announce additional strikes Friday against any of the companies.
He said it should be the UAW and Ford against foreign automakers," Fain said.
About 34,000 U.S. automakers with the companies, or roughly 23% of UAW members covered by the expired contracts with the Detroit automakers, were on strike.
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