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UAW Goes On Strike Against General Motors

Picket lines began forming outside GM plants after the United Auto Workers voted on Sunday to begin a strike at midnight. Nearly 50,000 workers are affected by the work stoppage.

Updated at 12:45 p.m. ET Monday

The United Auto Workers began a nationwide strike just before midnight on Sunday at General Motors after both sides failed to agree on a new contract over issues including wages, health care and profit-sharing.

Production across the U.S. is expected to be halted, affecting nearly 50,000 worker at 33 manufacturing plants in nine states as well as 22

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