Threats Of A Strike Heating Up Even Before UAW Begins Negotiations With Automakers

"Contract talks will begin this week between the union and two of the automakers, Ford and Stellantis, a company formed from the 2021 merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Peugeot. Negotiations with the largest U.S. automaker, General Motors, will start next week.

At the union's behest, gone is the traditional friendly handshake between UAW bargainers and auto executives, a sign that the talks will be contentious. Four-year contracts with the companies expire at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14.

He also wants to halt any plant closings in the wake of Stellantis' plan to shutter a factory in Belvidere, Illinois, to cut costs. But paramount to Fain is getting a foot in the door at battery plants and then securing wages that exceed the top assembly-line wage of $32 an hour now paid at UAW-represented plants.

Workers who now assemble vehicles may also need other places to work, and some might lose their jobs. Because EVs are simpler to build, it takes as many as 40% fewer workers to produce them."

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40% CUT IN WORKERS, SOOOOO WHY DOES THE EV COST SO MUCH MORE?! OH, WAIT... THEY'LL CUT THE COST 40%... RIGHT?  LOL

I KNOW MANY, MANY GM WORKERS ~ THEY'RE JUST LIKE OTHER WORKERS... MOST SPEND MORE THAN THEY MAKE, & BRAG ABOUT IT.