UAW strike

The auto worker strike is expanding by 7,000 workers at Ford and General Motors plants in Chicago and Lansing, Michigan, as the negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors, Ford and Stellantis stretch on, UAW president Shawn Fain announced in a Facebook live Friday morning.

About 100 people gathered outside of the UAW Local 31 union hall to support striking UAW workers across the nation and their own members, who were laid off due to supply chain issues caused by the strike. Despite the layoffs, workers say they’re not deterred and remain ready to strike.

General Motors says the strike that shut down the Wentzville plant near St. Louis means there may not be enough parts to assemble cars in Kansas City, Kansas.

United Auto Workers members at John Deere are back at work after ending their 5-week strike Wednesday night.

John Deere workers, including those at the company's southeast Kansas plant in Coffeyville, walked off the job after the United Auto Workers union failed to negotiate a six-year contract with the tractor maker.

In a ripple effect of the General Motors strike, now in its second week , 66 maintenance workers have been laid off from their jobs at the Fairfax...