The US auto workers union just decided to walk out on GM — here's why they're striking (GM)

The UAW ordered its membership to strike General Motors on Sunday night after contract negotiations broke down. GM's 49,000 UAW-represented workers could take to the picket lines. The UAW has been bristling for a strike since early 2019, when GM "unallocated" several US factories, including its Lordstown facility in Ohio. President Donald Trump, who won Ohio in 2016, has been agitating for GM to sell or reopen that plant. The 2007 strike against GM lasted just a few days; it's uncertain how...