Ford and GM Executives Criticize UAW Leadership Amid Ongoing Strike

Top executives at Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. have criticized the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) leadership as the strike at all three Detroit automakers enters its 15th day and expands to new plants. Ford CEO Jim Farley accused the UAW of “holding the deal hostage” over the automaker’s planned electric-vehicle battery plants in the United States. GM CEO Mary Barra claimed that the UAW has “no real intent to get to an agreement”. The strike has now spread to Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant and General Motors Co.’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant, with a total of around 25,300 autoworkers striking across the country.