Over 49,000 autoworkers strike in US
China Daily | Updated: 2019-09-17 08:26
DETROIT, Michigan - More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers union walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early on Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.
Workers shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states across the United States, as well as 22 parts distribution warehouses.
The move to strike, which The Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade, came after the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired without an agreement on a replacement.
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