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UAW Expands Strike Against GM, Walks Out of Tenn. Assembly Plant
Written by Michael Cowden
October 29, 2023
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Saturday evening expanded its strike again General Motors.
The union said on Facebook and on X that it would walk out of GM’s assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., after announcing that it had reached a tentative labor agreement with Stellantis.
Spring Hill is GM’s largest manufacturing plant in North America, according to the Detroit-based automaker’s website. It makes the Cadillac XT5 and XT6 SUVs, the Acadia SUV, and all-electric LYRIQ SUV.
The action comes on the heels of the UAW striking another of GM’s big, profitable truck and SUV plants in Arlington, Texas, last week.
GM said in a statement on Saturday that it was “disappointed” by the UAW’s move.
“We have continued to bargain in good faith with the UAW, and our goal remains to reach an agreement as quickly as possible,” the company said.
Recall that the UAW went on strike against individual assembly plants at each of the “Big Three” Detroit-area automakers on Sept. 15.
The UAW has over the last week reached tentative agreements with Ford and Stellantis. Union members at those two companies have gone back to work pending the ratification process.
GM is the only of the “Big Three” Detroit-area automakers that had not, as of Sunday afternoon, reached a tentative pact with the union.
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