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The UAW Strike and What It Could Mean for Expediters

By Brandon Baxter - Staff Writer
Posted Sep 15th 2023 11:53AM
Roughly 13,000 U.S. auto workers have halted making vehicles and gone on strike as of Friday, September 15th after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay. Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union began picketing at a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio. This i...