Statements from GM and Stellantis regarding Friday’s strike expansion were not yet available this afternoon. The plants that are already on strike will remain on strike, Local 2250 at GM Wentzville, Local 900 at Ford Michigan Assembly, and Local 12 at Stellantis Toledo Assembly, Fain said.Ĭongressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint) released at statement this afternoon he would be joining striking autoworkers at the Swartz Creek picket line. “We’re not there yet, but I want you to see the direction that Ford is going, and what we think that means for our contract fight.”įain said at General Motors, the UAW is calling on workers at Pontiac, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Davison Road, Flint, Lansing, Cincinnati, Denver, Hudson (Wisconsin), Chicago, Reno, Rancho Cucamonga, Fort Worth, Martinsburg, Jackson, Charlotte, Memphis, and Philadelphia to Stand Up and go on strike.Īt Stellantis, they also called on the parts distribution centers at Marysville, Centerline Packaging, Centerline Warehouse, Sherwood, Warren Parts, Quality Engineering Center, Romulus, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, Atlanta, Winchester, Orlando, Dallas, New York, and Boston to go on strike. In particular, we’ve made real progress at Ford,” Fain said in a statement on Facebook. They wasted a whole month failing to respond. But there has been movement. “As you know, we gave our Members Demands to the company two months ago. The UAW and Ford did make substantial progress in bargaining over the last week. The union is continuing to strike Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne but is not expanding its strike against the Dearborn-based automaker. Visitation will be from 12:00pm on Thursday until the time. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00pm on Thursday, January 5th, 2023 at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road, Flint, Father Roy Horning officiating. UAW President Shawn Fain announced today on Facebook Live the union, at noon, would authorize another 5,600 autoworkers to take to the picket line, joining approximately 13,000 who have been on strike the last eight days. Of Grand Blanc, age 81, passed away on Friday, Decemat his home. This latest walkout represents the United Auto Workers (UAW) escalation of its Stand Up Strike against General Motors and Stellantis at 38 locations across 20 states. GENESEE COUNTY – Workers at the General Motors Flint Processing Center in Swartz Creek and the Davison Road Processing Center in Burton were called up this afternoon and have walked off the job.
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