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UAW Moves Toward Stellantis Strike as Tensions Escalate
- Union says carmaker wants to renege on contract agreement
- UAW President Fain labels Stellantis CEO Tavares ‘the problem’
UAW members participate in a rally outside the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, in Aug.
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The United Auto Workers will ask members to green light a strike against Stellantis NV, escalating an already tense standoff with one of the world’s largest car manufacturers.
The union will hold strike authorization votes at several local chapters in the coming days, seeking to pressure the company into abiding by investment stipulations in the agreement that ended a six-week strike last year, union President Shawn Fain said in an impassioned speech broadcast online Tuesday night.