About 13,000 US auto workers at Detroit s big three firms stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldnĀ“t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks .
Workers at plants in Ohio (left), Michigan (right) and Missouri went on strike Friday. United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain (inset) is demanding a 40 percent pay increase.
Thousands of unionised US workers from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis put down their tools on Friday after they demanded a 40% pay increase and a four-day work week