Shawn Fain, president of United Auto Workers, announced Thursday and less than two hours before a looming deadline that the powerful union "will strike all three" Detroit carmakers at once for the first time in history.
Thousands of auto workers at three U.S. assembly plants went on strike midnight Thursday when their United Auto Workers union and the Big Three automakers failed to come to an agreement on a new contract.
The Detroit Three automakers Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Stellantis have moved labor contract negotiations to the headquarters of the powerful United Auto Workers union as the deadline for a strike looms.
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Thousands of auto workers at three U.S. assembly plants went on strike at midnight Thursday when their United Auto Workers union and the Big Three automakers failed to come to an agreement on a new contract.