Autoworkers Shift To Surprise Strikes To Up The Pressure On Carmakers

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I’ve been covering the auto industry since 1989, first as CNN Detroit Bureau Chief, then as the National Auto Writer for the Associated Press, General Motors beat writer at the Detroit News and video reporter at Automotive News.

President Shawn Fain announced he's shaking up the union's “stand up strike” strategy by no longer waiting until Fridays to reveal the next strike targets in the union's battle with the Detroit Three automakers for new contracts.

Fain also called for the the general public to visit or join picket lines on Saturday to offer support and even supplies or music. Ford executives responded Thursday afternoon to the walkout at the automaker's most profitable plant by calling out the thousands of people affected, both inside and outside the company, and to say that further sweeten its offer would endanger Ford's ability to grow.Indeed, Ford Blue president Kumar Galhotra said, on the economics, the company has nothing left to offer, flatly stating in response to a reporter's question, “We have reached our limit.

“We provided product commitments for every UAW factory and provided job security commitments. It would change the lives of our employees for the better,” elaborated Galhotra. “As a company if we go further, we risk the ability to invest in the business and profitably grow.”

 

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