With Noon Deadline Looming, UAW President Shawn Fain Holding Facebook Live TODAY at 10 a.m. EST to Announce Next Steps in Stand Up Strike

DETROIT – UAW President Shawn Fain is meeting with members today on Facebook Live at 10 a.m. to announce the next steps in the union’s historic Stand Up Strike against all of the Big Three automakers. On Monday, Fain announced that the union would expand its Stand Up Strike if Ford, General Motors and Stellantis did not made substantial progress toward a fair agreement.

The media is invited to view the livestream at the UAW’s Facebook page. It can also be viewed at the UAW’s YouTube Channel. (Media capturing the livestream have had more success with YouTube.)

Ford, General Motors and Stellantis all took more than a month to respond to the UAW’s Members’ Demands and failed to put fair contract offers on the table. When the car companies’ contracts expired on Sept. 14, the UAW launched a Stand Up Strike and for the first time ever struck all of the Big Three at once.

The Stand Up Strike is a new approach to striking. Instead of striking all plants all at once, select locals have been called on to “Stand Up” and walk out on strike. If the automakers fail to make progress in negotiations and bargain in good faith going forward, more locals will be called on to Stand Up and join the strike.

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