In a major escalation of its six-week strike at the three large U.S. automakers, the United Automobile Workers union on Monday told 6,800 workers at a large Ram pickup truck plant in Michigan to walk off the job.
Union workers at the plant, which is owned by Stellantis, the parent of Ram, Chrysler and Jeep, in Sterling Heights, Mich., joined the strike on Monday morning.
The walkout at the Ram plant is the first escalation in the strikes since the U.A.W.
called 8,700 workers to leave their jobs at Ford Motor’s largest plant, in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 11.
That plant produces the Super Duty version of the company’s popular F-150 truck and the Ford Expedition, a full-size sport-utility vehicle.
Persons:
Ram, “ Stellantis
Organizations:
U.S, United Automobile Workers, Stellantis, Chrysler, Jeep, Ford, Ford Expedition
Locations:
Michigan, Sterling Heights, Mich, United States, Ford Motor’s, Louisville, Ky