Amid Violence on the Picket Lines, UAW Signals Widening of Auto Industry Strike as Soon as Today

There are two reports of violence against striking union members, one in Michigan and one in Massachusetts, and a report of threats of violence against strikers in California.

Isaac Ritchey/The Blade via AP
United Auto Workers member Chelsea Ireland pickets from inside a collapsible weather shelter outside a Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex. Isaac Ritchey/The Blade via AP

The United Auto Workers is expected to again expand its strike by 10 p.m. Friday if there is not significant progress in negotiations, as the union president, Shawn Fain, accuses General Motors and Stellantis of “enabling” violence against the union members.

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