Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis, to establish fresh employment agreements. The union requests included substantial salary hikes, extended paid leave, and improved benefits.
A contentious issue in the negotiations regarding new contracts involves adjusting pay rates and hours due to the industry's impending transition to electric vehicles , which require fewer workers to build than traditional fuel-based vehicles. However, as an agreement proved elusive, Fain declared that its members were ready to take action by not renewing their contracts, which expired at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday.
Writing on Truth Social, the former president said:"The all Electric Car is a disaster for both the United Auto Workers and the American Consumer. They will all be built in China and, they are too expensive, don't go far enough, take too long to charge, and pose various dangers under certain atmospheric conditions. If this happens, the United Auto workers will be wiped out, along with all other auto workers in the United States.