The daily business briefing: October 24, 2023

UAW expands its strike to Stellantis Ram pickup plant, Tesla says DOJ is looking into its business practices, and more

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1. UAW expands strike to Stellantis Ram truck plant

The United Auto Workers union on Monday expanded its strike against Stellantis, telling 6,800 workers at the automaker's "largest plant and biggest moneymaker" to join the picket line. Stellantis makes the Ram 1500 pickup truck at the targeted Michigan plant. The UAW said Stellantis — whose brands include Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler — had "the worst proposal on the table" in the union's first-ever simultaneous strikes affecting all three of the big Detroit automakers: Stellantis, Ford and General Motors. Stellantis said it thought it was making progress in negotiations with the UAW, and was "outraged" over the union's surprise decision to expand its targeted strike. CNN, Detroit Free Press

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.