Editing General Motors (section)

=== 2019 General Motors strike ===
{{Main|2019 General Motors strike}}
On September 15, 2019, after talks broke down to renew their contract, which expired earlier that day, the UAW announced that GM employees would begin striking at 11:59 pm.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/business/uaw-gm-strike-general-motors/index.html | title=UAW workers go on strike against GM | last=Isidore | first=Chris | work=[[CNN]] |date=September 16, 2019 | archive-date=September 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916090131/https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/business/uaw-gm-strike-general-motors/index.html | url-status=live}}</ref> This strike shut down operations in nine states, including 33 manufacturing plants and 22 parts distribution warehouses.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/c54f47d7569c44d382995a3c3992eb53 |title=No Deal: Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute |last1=Krisher |first1=Tom | last2=Householder | first2=Mike | work=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 16, 2019 | archive-date=September 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916094746/https://www.apnews.com/c54f47d7569c44d382995a3c3992eb53 |url-status=live}}</ref> After 40 days, on October 25, 2019, the "longest strike by autoworkers in a decade" and the longest against GM since 1970 came to an end when United Auto Workers members voted to approve a new contract with GM. Striking [[Labor Union|labor union]] members received a $275 a week strike pay salary for the duration of the strike.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Perkins |first1=Tom |last2=Rushe |first2=Dominic |date=October 25, 2019 |title=GM strike ends after 40 days with 48,000 staff to return to work |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/25/uaw-united-auto-workers-general-motors-strike-deal |access-date=August 12, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The strike cost GM more than $2 billion.