U.S. autoworkers union continues sixth day of strike

Autoworkers in the United States continue to strike for the sixth consecutive day, demanding better wages, benefits and working conditions. teleSUR

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00:00 Welcome back from the South.

00:02 In the United States, the Auto Workers Union reaches its sixth day of strike and threatens

00:06 to expand the measure to more factories if there is no progress in negotiations.

00:11 The United Auto Workers Union increased pressure on the so-called Detroit Big Three by threatening

00:17 to expand their strike unless they make progress in negotiations by Friday.

00:22 Furthermore, in a video statement, union president Sean Fain said that employees at more plants

00:27 will join those of their sixth day of strike at their three plants.

00:31 With workers from different states joining the picket line, the ripple effect is expected

00:36 to be felt far and wide.

00:38 Therefore, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis said they want to resolve the strike and refrained

00:44 from directly criticizing the threat.

00:51 And in this context, the union and the three companies have been negotiating since July

00:56 to sign a new collective bargaining agreement for the next four years.

01:00 But the union claims that the companies are not negotiating in good faith.

01:04 The UAW union is demanding a 46% wage increase over four years, the reinstatement of traditional

01:11 pensions, the reduction of working hours and the unionization of workers in battery production

01:16 plants.

01:17 They also claim to use the strategy of selective strikes in different plants to put more pressure

01:21 on the companies, so the number of plants out of work will increase as the negotiations

01:27 continue.

01:28 A study published in August pointed out that a 10-day strike by the workers of General

01:32 Motors, Ford and Stellantis would have a cost of $5 billion.

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