Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. We begin this morning with the historic United Auto Workers strike against the big three u. S. Automakers, ford, General Motors and stellantis. Union members say they had reasonably productive talks with ford saturday. But the union and throw Major Companies are far apart on wages and benefits. The companies are essentially offering half of what at unions are demanding as it relates to pay increases. Hundreds of workers walked off walked the picket lines, i should say. They are prepared to wait in order to get an agreement that suits them. Gabe cohen is in ohio with more. Reporter saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and the big three automakers. This after the union met with ford, a source with the union telling cnn we had reasonably productive conversations with ford today. Certainly no deal. But a big step in the rig
It was right on time. Pitch perfect. Thank you. Everyone take note. Yes. Victor is complementing me. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. So great to have you. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. The United Auto Workers is entering the third day of strikes against three automakers, ford, Ge General Mo and stellantis. The union says they remain far apart in terms of a deal on pay increase and benefits. Former president barack obama weighed in on the strike saturday. He called on the Auto Companies to do right by their workers. Hundreds of Union Members walked the picket lines. They say they are prepared to stick it out in order to get an agreement. Cnns gabe cohen is in ohio with more. Reporter victor, amara, saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and any of the big three automakers. This after the union met with ford. A source with union telling cnn, we had reasonably productive conversations