The 150,000 members of the UAW (United Auto Workers), the union of workers in the American auto industry, voted in favor of a mass strike in case ongoing negotiations with the three big American automakers on the next collective agreements fail. . .
The United Auto Workers union announced Friday that it has won the support of 97% of its members to launch a work stoppage at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis if tense negotiations do not result in an agreement by a September 14 deadline.
The union demands a salary increase of 46% in four years, an increase in retirement and pensions for unionized personnel, the 32-hour week pays 40. In the United States, the automobile sector weighs around 3% of GDP national.
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