Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers (
UAW) union walked off the job in Michigan on Monday, October 23, joining the picket line outside Stellantis’s largest assembly plant, the union
said.Video shared by
UAW shows workers shaking hands with union president Shawn Fain on Monday at Stellantis’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (
SHAP), where striking workers chanted slogans such as “no bucks, no trucks.”The union
said 6,800 union members shut down production at the plant.The strike is
calling for renegotiated contracts for auto workers at the “big three” automakers: General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis.In September, striking workers in Ohio memorably chanted
“no justice, no Jeeps.” Credit:
UAW via Storyful