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United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019. The tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be headed for defeat. The union hasn’t posted final vote totals yet, but workers at five large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by fairly large margins.

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Vote on tentative contract with General Motors too close to call as more tallies are reported

Associated Press

Voting on a tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union that ended a six-week strike against the company appears too close to call after the latest tallies at several GM factories were announced Wednesday.

FILE - United Auto Workers signs for a strike are shown at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union that follows a template set earlier this week by Ford, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.

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UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and Ford

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The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis.

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General Motors reaches tentative agreement with UAW, potentially ending six-week strike

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Facing the loss of another $200 million this week to a lengthy strike, General Motors CEO Mary Barra wrapped up her weekend by going to the United Auto Workers' Detroit headquarters intent on getting a new contract.

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UAW appears to be moving toward a potential deal with Ford that could end strike

Associated Press

The United Auto Workers union appears to be edging closer to a tentative contract agreement with Ford that would be critical to ending the union's 6-week-old strikes against the three major Detroit automakers, two people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.

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UAW strikes at General Motors plant in Texas as union goes after automakers' cash cows

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First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United Auto Workers union is on strike.

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Autoworkers strike at Stellantis plant shutting down big profit center, 41,000 workers now picketing

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The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against big Detroit automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis.

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain talks with members picketing near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2023. Fain is scheduled to update members today on bargaining with Detroit automakers as strikes against the companies head into their sixth week.

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Head of auto workers union says strikes will continue in drive to gain better offers from companies

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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that while Detroit’s automakers have increased their wage and benefit offers, he believes the union can gain more if it holds out longer in contract talks.

It has been four weeks since the UAW began its strike at the big three automakers. The only picket line to come to Indiana as a result was this practice picket in Kokomo in late September.

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Local UAW leaders work to 'calm' members' nerves as strike strategy enters new 'phase'

Tony Sandleben, Adam Yahya Rayes

The United Auto Workers strike strategy has been mostly predictable over the last four weeks. On Fridays, the union would announce which plants would go on strike based on how well the week's negotiations went. National union leadership announced Friday that pattern is ending and local UAW officials say they'll have to calm member's nerves about it.

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Auto workers escalate strike, walking out at Ford's largest factory and threatening Stellantis

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The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit's Three automakers, shutting down Ford's largest factory and threatening Jeep maker Stellantis.

An employee at the General Motors Marion Metal Center works in the metal stamping operations Thursday, September 15, 2022, where GM announced it will invest $491 million to prepare the facility to produce a variety of steel and aluminum stamped parts for future products, including electric vehicles, built at multiple GM assembly plants. (Photo by AJ Mast for General Motors)

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GM temporarily lays off over 30 Marion plant workers due to UAW strikes' 'negative ripple effects'

Adam Yahya Rayes

The United Auto Workers unions targeted strike strategy continues to result in the big three auto companies temporarily laying off workers as work stoppages slow production up and down the supply chain. General Motors workers at a plant in Marion are among the latest to feel the effects.