UAW announces start of strike at Big Three U.S. automakers

STORY: UAW announces start of strike at Big Three U.S. automakers DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: CHICAGO, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the strike STORYLINE: Wearing red T-shirts, hundreds of United Auto Workers (UAW), the largest union in the United States, and their supporters gathered outside General Motors (GM) Co.'s headquarters in downtown Detroit, U.S. state of Michigan Friday afternoon after the union announced late Thursday to begin a strike against all Big Three U.S. automakers. UAW President Shawn Fain, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders attended the rally. In the last 50 years, there has been a massive redistribution of wealth in this country, the Detroit News quoted Sanders as saying in his speech to the crowd, highlighting the rising salaries of the CEOs of the Big Three automakers. "It is time for you to treat your employees with the respect and dignity they deserve," Sanders said. While Democratic lawm