UAW strikes expand as 7,000 more workers join picket line at two plants

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The United Auto Workers union on Friday escalated its strikes against Detroit automakers by instructing an additional 7,000 workers in Illinois and Michigan to go on strike..

This marks the second occasion the union has expanded the strikes, which originally commenced two weeks ago at three assembly plants..

AP reported that Union President Shawn Fain told workers in a video appearance that the strikes were escalated because Ford and GM refused to make meaningful progress" in contract talks..

Automakers have consistently expressed their willingness to provide salary increases, but they express concerns that a contract with high costs could result in their vehicles being priced higher than those produced at nonunion facilities in the United States that are operated by foreign corporations..

Farley, the CEO of Ford, alleged that the union was using the agreement as leverage, particularly concerning the representation of workers in battery plants..

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