The United Auto Workers union is expanding its stand-up strike against General Motors and Stellantis to 38 additional locations across 20 states, the UAW said Friday. But it won’t strike additional Ford plants because the union has made “significant progress” with the automaker.
Without significant progress in contract negotiations with GM and Stellantis since August, the union has followed through with its plans to target additional facilities.
“As promised, we are expanding the Stand Up Strike in response to the lack of progress in bargaining with General Motors and Stellantis,” the UAW said in a statement. “We will shut down parts distribution until those two companies come to their senses and come to the table with a serious offer.”
The UAW directed members to strike at GM’s Michigan facilities in Pontiac, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Davison Road, Flint and Lansing. Other locations include Cincinnati; Denver; Hudson, Wisconsin; Chicago; Reno, Nevada; Rancho Cucamonga, California; Fort Worth, Texas; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Jackson, Mississippi; Charlotte, North Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; and Philadelphia.
The strike also expanded to Michigan Stellantis parts distribution centers, including Marysville, Centerline Packaging, Centerline Warehouse, Sherwood, Warren Parts, Quality Engineering Center and Romulus. The other locations are in Cleveland; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Denver; Chicago; Los Angeles;, Portland, Oregon; Atlanta; Winchester, Virginia; Orlando, Florida; Dallas, New York City and Boston.
Fain warned the Big Three automakers Monday that its stand-up strike would expand to additional locations if the union could not make a deal by Friday. The UAW’s strike against the Big Three began a week ago with roughly 12,700 workers walking off the job at GM’s Wentzville Assembly Plant in Missouri, the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio and the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant. The workers at GM Wentzville, Ford Michigan Assembly and Stellantis Toledo Assembly on strike since last Friday will remain off the job.
Although negotiations with Ford are ongoing, the UAW may use any agreement with Ford as leverage in its talks with GM and Stellantis. The UAW has successfully used pattern bargaining for decades in its contract negotiations with the Big Three.
