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    Autoworkers are on the verge of a historic strike

    Less than two hours before the strike deadline, United Auto Workers revealed the first wave of plants to be targeted if the union and the Big 3 automakers fail to reach a deal just before midnight.
    by Danielle Kaye Sep 14, 2023 4 minutes
    UAW President Shawn Fain visits Stellantis workers at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., on July 12, 2023. As the first-ever democratically elected leader of the UAW, Fain has taken a tougher approach to negotiations than his predecessors.

    A historic strike at the Detroit Three automakers appears nearly inevitable.

    Less than two hours before the strike deadline, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain revealed the first group of plants that would go on strike starting at 11:59pm Thursday night if the union and the companies — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — fail to reach agreements on new contracts.

    Workers at three plants — a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, a Stellantis assembly plant in Toledo, Ohio, and part of a Ford plant in Wayne, Mich. — would be among the first to walk off the job under Fain's new strike strategy.

    Dubbed the "stand up strike," the plan entails having only some

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