US auto strike expands with 7,000 more workers joining

US auto strike expands with 7,000 more workers joining

WASHINGTON: Another 7,000 members of the biggest US automobile workers union on Friday joined its already major strike against the country "Big Three" Detroit car manufacturers.
The latest walkouts leave a total of some 25,000 workers on strike in 21 states -- or around 17 percent of the United Auto Workers membership.
UAW president Shawn Fain said the latest members to join the strike were at two plants in Chicago and Michigan, who downed tools at 1600 GMT.