Approximately 146,000 U.S. auto workers are poised to go on strike if General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for substantial pay raises and restored benefits, potentially causing significant disruptions in auto production and impacting the U.S. economy.
The United Auto Workers' strike has led to temporary layoffs for 600 workers at Ford's Michigan plant and is expected to affect 2,000 workers at General Motors' Kansas plant, with no compensation provided by the companies.
General Motors has laid off most of the unionized workers at its Kansas assembly plant due to the ongoing UAW strikes, which is the largest ripple effect of the strikes so far; however, the strike's impact on the auto industry is currently smaller than expected due to the UAW's novel strategy of targeted plant strikes.
General Motors has laid off 130 union workers at the Parma Metal Center and 34 union workers at the Marion Metal Center, as the UAW strike continues to have ripple effects on the automaker's operations.
Approximately 400 Ford employees are being temporarily laid off due to the United Auto Workers' strike, bringing Ford's total layoffs to around 1,330, while General Motors estimates that the strike has cost them $200 million.
The UAW strike against General Motors and Ford Motor Co. has led to layoffs at automotive parts supplier Sodecia Automotive Detroit, as well as at GM's Toledo Propulsion Systems, Lansing Regional Stamping, and Marion Metal Center facilities, and Ford's Livonia Transmission Plant, impacting a total of about 2,300 employees.
Approximately 4,300 unionized workers at three General Motors facilities in Canada went on strike after the automaker failed to negotiate a new deal, adding to the pressure faced by GM as it deals with an ongoing strike in the US initiated by the United Auto Workers.
Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis have laid off a total of over 4,800 employees as the United Auto Workers strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers continues into its fourth week.
The United Auto Workers strike continues into its fourth week, leading to layoffs of hundreds of factory workers at General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis plants, with a combined total of around 4,835 strike-related layoffs by the Big Three automakers.
The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike to Ford's largest truck and SUV factory in Louisville, affecting 8,700 workers and disrupting the company's global sales, after Ford failed to make progress in contract negotiations, bringing the total number of striking UAW workers at major automakers to roughly 22 percent of the union's workers, leading to severe disruptions in the industry and ripple effects on suppliers and non-striking UAW members.
Ford Motor has announced that it is laying off an additional 150 workers in Michigan due to the ongoing United Auto Workers strike, bringing the total number of furloughed workers to 2,730.
The United Auto Workers expanded its ongoing strike by ordering about 5,000 workers at General Motors' Arlington Assembly Plant in Texas to walk out, incurring a $600 million hit to GM's earnings before interest and taxes.
The United Auto Workers union has expanded its strike against General Motors as 5,000 members walk off the job at a plant in Texas, in hopes of pressuring the company to offer better contracts and fair compensation to workers.