UAW's clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms

A potential strike by 146,000 UAW members comes against the backdrop of increasingly emboldened U.S. unions of all kinds.

DETROIT — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions.

The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW’s own president calls “audacious” — are edging it closer to a strike when its contract ends Sept. 14.

The automakers, which are making billions in profits, have dismissed the UAW’s wish list. They argue that its demands are unrealistic at a time

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