United Auto Workers Begin Historic Strike Against Ford, GM, Stellantis After Failing to Reach Deal

Strikes taking place at Ford’s Bronco plant in Wayne, Michigan, GM’s pick-up plant in Wentzville, Missouri, and Stellantis’s Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio.

Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) picket and hold signs outside of the UAW Local 900 headquarters across the street from the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 15, 2023. Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images

United Auto Workers (UAW) union members have gone on strike against the three biggest automakers for the first time in history after failing to reach a deal on a new labor contract by the 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14 deadline.

Despite weeks of negotiations, the union was unable to come to an agreement over contract negotiations with General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis—known as the big three—before current contracts expired, prompting thousands of its members to walk out of three factories across the country in Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio.