Uaw strike detroit news. And the uaw reached a tentative agreement with mack trucks inc ending a nearly two week strike by about 3600 uaw members employed at the manufacturer of. The five week long strike against general motors appears to have been settled as uaw chief negotiator terry dittes confirmed to cnn today that a tentative deal has been reached. In 1970 some 340000 gm uaw members walked off the job in a national strike.
But at what cost to the 46000 members walking picket lines to their employer to the union and to michigan. The strike has started to affect gm facilities in ohio and ontario not represented by the uaw. The united auto workers strike against general motors co.
On monday two days before the appearance of uaw officials the detroit news reported that the justice department was seeking to impose a 10 year long federal oversight on the uaw to settle. All told more than 3200 gm workers represented by other unions have been laid off. The united auto workers on monday evening issued an official call to local union leaders to come to the renaissance center for a national council meeting on thursday.
Detroitwashington reuters the united auto workers uaw went on strike at general motors just after midnight sunday and about 48000 hourly workers at its facilities are headed for the picket.