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UAW president Shawn Fain will give an update on strike negotiations with Ford, GM and Stellantis Friday.The president of the United Auto Workers union could announce another strike expansion Friday.
That nationwide strike already involves workers at the Ford Assembly plant in Chicago, and parts distribution the Stellantis parts distribution facility in Naperville, and a GM parts distribution in Bolingbrook.On Saturday, Fain will be in Chicago for a rally to support striking workers. The strike began three weeks ago three plants for Ford, General Motors and Stellantis in Ohio, Michigan and Missouri.
A week later, the strike was expanded to 38 parts distribution centers, including in Naperville and Bolingbrook.Also last weekend, Ford announced hundreds of layoffs at a Chicago Heights plant. The plant at 126th Street and Torrence Avenue employs close to 5,000 workers who make the Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator and police SUV interceptors. It's Ford's oldest continually operating plant.
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