Auto Workers Stop Expanding Strikes Against Detroit Three After GM Makes Battery Plant Concession

Striking United Auto Workers members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket on a street corner in Delta Township, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2023. Rebecca Cook/Reuters

DETROIT—The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit’s three automakers after General Motors made a breakthrough concession on unionizing electric vehicle battery plants.

The announcement of the pause in adding factories to the strikes came minutes after GM agreed to bring workers at battery factories into the UAW’s national contract, essentially assuring they will represented by the union.