U.S. Automakers Furlough More Workers as UAW Strike Persists
As the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against three major automakers continues, U.S.-based automakers have furloughed hundreds more workers. Reuters reported on Monday that both Ford Motors Inc. and General Motors (GM) have furloughed a total of 494 workers from company factories in Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana. Stellantis, the parent company of U.S.-based brand Chrysler, has also made the decision to furlough nearly 370 workers at its Ohio and Indiana plants.
Last month, GM laid off 2,000 employees from its Fairfax, Kansas, plant due to a parts shortage caused by the strike. Ford also temporarily laid off 600 workers at a Michigan-based plant. The strike has prompted UAW President Shawn Fain to announce plans to expand the strike to a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan. An additional 7,000 union members from these plants have been called to join the picket lines, bringing the total number of autoworkers on strike to 25,000.
Fain stated during a livestream last week, “Despite our willingness to bargain, Ford and GM have refused to make meaningful progress at the table. That’s why at noon Eastern time today, we will expand our strike to these two companies. Our courageous members at these two plants are the next wave of reinforcements in our fight for record contracts.”
The UAW union initiated the strike against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis last month, demanding higher wages, shorter work weeks, union representation for battery plant workers, and improved retirement benefits, including restored pensions for new hires.
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