UAW expands its auto strike once again, hitting a key plant for Ram pickup trucks

Stellantis shows off its Ram truck lineup at the Chicago Auto Show in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2023. The UAW ordered 6,800 union members to walk off their jobs at the company's lucrative Ram pickup assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Mich.

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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain was adamant last week that the Big Three automakers can still offer more despite already putting record contracts on the table.

On Monday morning, he underscored that message, calling on 6,800 autoworkers at Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant outside Detroit to walk out.

The plant, Stellantis’ largest, makes the bestselling RAM 1500 trucks.