More pay for less work? The United Auto Workers union, which began striking on Friday, will continue to make demands of the big three domestic automakers—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis (the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep, and Ram)—asking for a 40 percent wage increase over four years, pension plan expansions, and a 32-hour, four-day workweek.
Companies have countered by offering 14.5 to 20 percent pay increases over the contract period as well as "lump-sum payments to help offset the effects of inflation" and hiking pay for "recent hires and temporary workers, who typically earn about a third less than veteran union members," reports The New York Times. It's a targeted strike, meaning some autoworkers across the country are continuing to show up for work while individual plants in Missouri (for GM), Michigan (Ford), and Ohio (Stellantis) are affected.
