UAW Won’t Expand Strike as Talks With Detroit Automakers Progress

The United Auto Workers is giving Ford Motor Co. (F), General Motors Co. (GM) and Stellantis NV (STLA) a break from new walkouts this week as contract talks progress. UAW President Shawn Fain said Friday his union was prepared to expand its strike to a GM plant making high profit margin SUVs in Arlington, Texas, but reached a last-minute deal with the carmaker to include battery plant workers in a new national labor contract.  The trio of automakers have joint ventures with battery suppliers that aren’t accounted for in the contract that expired last month. -------- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/BloombergTV Bloomberg Quicktake brings you global social video spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktakeNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake