United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain urged his members this week to vote to authorize a strike forward of the union’s contract expiration date.

In an deal with to members Tuesday, Mr. Fain advised his members to begin voting on a strike authorization and switch of their outcomes by the tip of the day on Aug. 24.

“Our priorities are clear, the companies can afford them, and there’s plenty of time for the Big Three to get serious about these negotiations,” he mentioned.

The UAW’s contract with the Big Three — Ford, GM and Stellantis — expires Sept. 14. The union has been negotiating for months with little progress, contends Mr. Fain.

UAW management is demanding residing customary enhancements, the elimination of the two-tiered employment system in addition to a historic 40% wage enhance. Automakers have publicly rebuffed the wage enhance demand, saying it might not give the corporate the flexibleness it must compete in a altering market.

The incapacity of both aspect to again down will increase the probabilities of a  strike, with 150,000 staff on the picket line.

The union possible feels emboldened after UPS and the Teamster Union reached a historic settlement final month that included huge wage will increase and a number of the identical systemic modifications to employment that the UAW seeks.

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