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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.
Local UAW leaders work to calm members nerves as strike strategy enters new phase wboi.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wboi.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DETROIT The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers Wednesday when 8,700 workers walked off their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant. The surprise move about 6:30 p.m. took down the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world. The .
DETROIT Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. The United Auto Workers said 4,000 unionized workers walked out at 7 a.m., adding to labor turmoil in the industry that has ensna .