Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute

Описание: (16 Sep 2019) More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.
Workers shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states across the US, as well as 22 parts distribution warehouses.
It wasn't clear how long the walkout would last, with the union saying GM has budged little in months of talks while GM said it made substantial offers including higher wages and factory investments.
It's the first national strike by the union since a two-day walkout in 2007 that had little impact on the company.
GM workers joined striking Aramark-employed janitors on the picket lines Sunday night at a sprawling factory on the border between Detroit and the city of Hamtramck.
Worker James Cotton said: "We have to do what we have to do. This is our lives. This is our livelihood."
Striking GM employees were joined on the picket lines by workers from Ford and Fiat Chrysler, who are working under contract extensions.
GM worker Scott Harwick said he wasn't surprised to be out on the picket line.
"I knew what was coming. I think everybody kind of knew it was coming and saving up, preparing. So, we're committed," he said.
Talks were scheduled to resume at 10am EDT on Monday.
The union's contract with GM expired Saturday night, but pacts with the company's crosstown rivals, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, were extended indefinitely.
The union has picked GM as its target company this year, and any deal it negotiates will be used as a template for the others.
GM was picked because it's the most profitable of the three, and because its plans to close four US factories have angered union members.
GM has factories in Michigan, Ohio, New York, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Indiana and Kansas.

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