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United Auto Workers Strike His Day Eight Against General Motors
Monday, September 23, 2019

The strike against General Motors by 49,000 United Auto Workers union members has hit day number eight, as talks to end the strike are still continuing as member of GM and the Union met all day Sunday at GM’s headquarters in downtown Detroit.

The workers left their jobs early last Monday, including the 3,900 at the Fort Wayne Assembly Plant, after their four-year contract with the company expired. The goal of the strike is for employees to see a bigger slice of GM’s profits, products to manufacture at plants GM wants to close, a path to permanent jobs for temporary workers, and other items as well.

Meanwhile General Motors wants to lower its labor costs so they are closer to the compensation for workers at U.S. factories owned by foreign automakers.

The strike is playing out while a federal corruption investigation against top UAW officials continues to grow in its attention across the country. The FBI raided UAW President Gary Jones’ suburban Detroit home last month and prosecutors have charged 11 people in the investigation so far, leading many of the 49,000 workers nationwide to question whether or not the union actually stands with the union's members.



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