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prepared to strike 150,000 members. they have didn t find out late last night which plants would be targeted. right now around 13,000 workers at plants in michigan, ohio, and missouri have walked off the job. that s after their contract expired at 11:59 without a deal. they have been demonstrating throughout the night. the plan is to continue strikes if additional negotiations continue to fail. workers raked in billions off their it backs. more than 40% wage increase over four years. pension benefits for all employees, limiting the use of temporary workers and four day work weeks. the automakers the commands are unrealistic competition facing from tesla. here is ford ceo jim farley. i think for the plant states where there is a plant in kentucky, missouri, michigan, and ohio, this could be really devastating for those locations. it s restaurants. it s everything. gas stations. but we don t want that to happen. former president trump entered the conversation stating ....
just the first ten days of this. and when asked how long the strikes will last, uaw president sean says, as long as it takes. alexandria hoff joins us live with the very latest. alex. reporter: carley, todd, good morning to you, president biden said early last week that he wasn t going to worry about a strike until it happens adding that he didn t think it would. well it did. 11:59 last night workers for detroit s big three auto makers walked off the job when their labor contract expired without a deal. we are the union! we are the union! mighty mighty union. auto workers union! reporter: first targets of the strike are three plants located in missouri, ohio and michigan and span gm stellantis and ford union leaders say the plan is to target additional plants if negotiations continue to fail. and the demands are admittedly bold including a more than 40% wage increase over four years, pension benefits for all employees limiting the use of temporary workers an ....