Wentzville GM Assembly plant starts the UAW picket line

America’s “big 3” automakers and the United Auto Workers union have yet to reach an agreement. 

Strikes began early this morning and, instead of the usual company-wide strike, targeted work stoppages will begin one at a time at several auto plants across the U.S., according to Reuters. 

One of those plants that was ordered to hit the picket line was the General Motors plant in Wentzville. 

Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush showed support for the union on the U.S. House Floor…

 “Auto workers have built a quarter of a trillion dollars in profits for the Big Three for Ford, for GM, for Stellantis in the past decade, including $21 billion in the first six months of 2023, yet workers are currently making 10% less in wages, real wages that they made last year.” 

The Wentzville GM plant makes up U-A-W Local 2250. 

Over 4-thousand employees work there. 

The plant makes mid-sized trucks and full-size van models, which includes the Chevy Colorado and Express and GMC Canyon and Savana. 

Requests from the union include a more than 40-percent pay raise, a four-day work week at full-time pay, and a return to traditional pensions.