After the updates of day 9

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DETROIT – United Autoworkers (UAW) strike against General Motors is in its second week.

Tuesday marks the ninth day since union leaders decided to launch a national strike on Sunday, Sept. 15 against the builder. The next day, nearly 50,000 union members had stopped going to work.

Over the past weekend, negotiations between General Motors and UAW seemed to be moving forward. According to sources, "good progress" was made Saturday between the union and GM.

Sunday and Monday both passed without an agreement, however. Discussions between the two sides focused on wages, profit sharing and a faster path to full-time wages.

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Sunday was described as a "Solidarity Day", an event in which all union members were encouraged to walk on the picket line. The Democratic presidential candidate, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, protested to workers at the assembly plant GM Detroit-Hamtramck, expressing her solidarity.

Similar solidarity Sunday demonstrations have been held across the country to support GM workers and members of United Auto Workers.

Union demands

The UAW said the workers are on strike to get:

Fair wages
Affordable health care
Their share of profits
Job security
A definite path to permanent seniority for temporary workers

GM said it presents "a solid offer that improves wages, benefits and creates substantial jobs in the United States."

Overall, unionized workers have closed 33 manufacturing plants in nine states and 22 parts distribution warehouses. Negotiations between the two parties have been initiated all week, but it is unclear when a new agreement could be reached and when the strike will end.

Jobs have slowed down the installation of GM engines in St. Catherine's, Ontario, due to a shortage of parts. Workers at the Oshawa truck plant in Ontario were laid off last week due to a shortage of parts.

Strike of Aramark workers

UAW members also went on strike against Aramark in Michigan and Ohio. About 850 unionized workers went on strike against Armark the day before the start of the UAW-GM strike.

"We have UAW members who work long hours and who continue to benefit from public support," said Gerald Kariem, director of UAW Region 1D. "It's shameful."

Aramark maintenance workers in Hamtramck, Warren, Flint, Grand Blanc and Parma, Ohio, have signed an extended contract since March 2018, UAW announced.

The main problems concern wages, health insurance ceilings, holidays and retirement of 401,000 people.

"Every day, UAW members work and ensure the profitability of these facilities," said Frank Stuglin, director of UAW Region 1. "It is amazing that Aramark has not agreed to negotiate its contributions in good faith."

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