«UAW is set to strike this midnight. They target production plants that will cause other production plants to shut down. The stuff they want is crazy and Ford said they would have lost 14 billion over the last 4 years if UAW's demand were met.
But yeah what the UAW demand is pretty crazy like 32hr work week and a 40% pay increase immediately.
UAW update: United Auto Workers, automakers remain far from a deal as strike deadline approaches
The UAW union and Detroit's three automakers remain far apart in contract talks, and the union is preparing to strike.abc7ny.com
raise their offers, which were far lower than union demands of 36% wage increases over four years. GM and Ford offered 20% and Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, offered 17.5%.
Outside the Ford plant in suburban Detroit, Britney Johnson, 35, who has worked for the company about 3 1/2 years and has yet to reach top union wages, said she'd like higher pay, the return of pensions, and cost of living increases. "I like the job. It's just that we deserve more," she said. »
These companies were already losing money on every EV sold. They should accept the 36% wage increase of their workers, they will just lose a little bit more on each EV sold