Fewer than 13,000 of the UAW’s 145,000 members have walked off the job. This is contrary to the whole concept of a strike. It’s like the old joke: “What if they held a war and nobody showed ...

UAW, the labor union representing hundreds of thousands of auto industry workers, called the strike when the deadline to make a new deal passed at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, leading to 13,000 members ...

As the United Auto Workers strike is set to enter its third week, one thing is for certain: The union is prepared for a long fight against the Big Three automakers. For the first time in history ...

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Why is the UAW on strike? The UAW's four-year contracts with General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis expired Sept. 14 at 11:59 p.m. In past years, the union has agreed to extend its ...

Any union of that size announcing strike action is big news. The last time UAW went on strike, a six-week stoppage against GM in 2019, it cost the auto giant some $3.6 billion and Michigan ...

HORSLEY: You're right. These three companies are not as big as they used to be, and neither is the UAW. Economists say even if all 150,000 workers were to go on strike, say, through the end of ...