Strike threat. Alex . The Labor Department says theyre keeping close watch on the talks. Theres nine days left for the uaw and detroits big three to agree to a new fouryear deal. If they dont, the 146,000 members have voted to strike. The unions demands are bold. Members are seeking a 46 pay raise, 40 hours of pay for 32 hour work weeks and for traditional pensions to be restored and Cost Of Living increases. Workers say the companies have raked in billions on their backs. A g. M. Executive said the demands have significant costs attached that would threaten manufacturing momentum. Its clear the two sides are still wide aparty. While in philadelphia yesterday forks labor day, President Biden said hes not so concerned. Mr. President , are you worried about an auto strike . [inaudible] he said he doesnt think its going to happen. Uaws president says he was shocked by this reaction. They said maybe he knows something we dont know. This all comes at a time when ford and General Motors are
Is in rome, they go to scotland. they want to have something on the table by then. maybe they get to it or maybe they don t. a month ago, keep this in month. manchin wrote a letter very interesting talking about we can t take care of medicare and social security now why would we take on all these other programs and what he said just there. how do you take on more if you cannot pay for it? dana: he had breakfast with the president sunday. he is trying to be somebody trying to help to get it to completion but he was very clear they aren t going to have it done today and possibly not this week. bill: one more thing. the white house says the president spoke with manchin and kyrsten sinema earlier today and characterized it as progress. what that means i cannot define. dana: we don t know. that was interesting. bill: waiting on this hearing, a.g. garland is back before the senate now and the questioning begins. we re very keen to learn about how the department of justice views ameri