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UAW President Warns GM as Strike Deadline Looms, Calls Wage Offer 'Insulting'

  • UAW president Shawn Fain said GM's wage and benefit proposal is "insulting" and warned "the clock is ticking" towards a possible strike.

  • GM offered a 10% wage hike after UAW filed unfair labor practice charges against GM and Stellantis.

  • Fain said GM's proposal "doesn't come close to an equitable agreement" and told GM to stop "wasting our members' time."

  • UAW members voted to strike against GM, Ford, and Stellantis if deals aren't reached by September 14 when contracts expire.

  • Ford proposed a 9% wage increase which Fain also called insulting and said fails "to meet our needs."

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