The United Auto Workers union has called for a strike at General Motors' U.S. factories, its first major work stoppage in more than a decade
The United Auto Workers has called for a strike at General Motors Co.’s U.S. factories, its first major work stoppage in more than a decade, as union bargainers press the company to reopen idled plants and improve wages and benefits for rank-and-file members.
Union officials voted Sunday morning to authorize the nationwide walkout, which will begin at midnight Sunday, after negotiations for a new four-year labor contract hit an impasse. UAW leadership is instructing roughly 46,000 blue-collar factory workers at 31 GM plants...
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