UAW President Shawn Fain said a “select few” facilities and factories would be targeted first, and that all other facilities at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis should be ready to strike at a moment’s notice if called upon.
A member holds up a sign at a rally by United Auto Workers Local 863 in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 24, 2023.
Fain announced the plans even as he revealed that the companies have significantly raised the wages they are offering in bargaining. Ford is now proposing a 20% raise over four and a half years, up from its initial 9% offer. GM is offering an 18% raise over four and a half years, up from 10% earlier. And Stellantis is offering 17.5% over that same time period, up from 14.5%. Fain called the offers inadequate.
The White House has been monitoring the acrimonious contract talks closely and urging all sides to come to a deal. The administration wants “everybody at the table 24/7 working to hammer out an agreement that ensures UAW jobs continue to be strong middle-class jobs and that UAW workers stay at the center of an auto future made in America,” President Biden’s liaison to the talks, Gene Sperling, told The Post this week.
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