The UAW is considering targeted strikes on a small number of factories run by Detroit's Big Three -- which would be far less costly to the union.
union are considering targeted strikes at a small number of factories run by each of Detroit’s three automakers if they can’t reach contract agreements by a Thursday night deadline.
At the Tuesday meeting, Fain didn’t say whether the union would target vehicle assembly plants or component factories, one of the people said. Strikes at parts plants could force production halts at multiple assembly factories. He also didn’t say how many workers would walk off their jobs.UAW could strike against Detroit's Big Three for first time ever
. Still, Fain last week said he threw counter-offers from the companies into the trash, and he accused the companies of being slow to make wage and benefit offers.Ford CEO Jim Farley said Tuesday night that the company submitted a new offer to the union "that’s our most generous offer in 80 years of the UAW and Ford.
GM President Mark Reuss said Tuesday that a lot of progress had been made in the past few days. "The give-and-take is really happening, so we’re on a path, that’s part of the process," he said at a Detroit industry gathering hosted by the trade publication Automotive News.Fain, when asked on Labor Day about targeted strikes, said everything is on the table. "We’ve mapped out a lot of different strategies. But it’s really just going to depend on where we are on Sept. 14.
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