Chrysler LLC workers began to walk off the job Wednesday as negotiations stalled ahead of a strike deadline. "It's official, it's a go," Scott Mills, a United Auto Workers union picket captain told AFP about the strike, as he began handing out picket signs at a technical center in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills.
Officials at Chrysler and the UAW were not immediately available for comment. Hundreds of workers streamed out of the technical center, some setting up a picket line others heading home with their horns honking in support of the union's second strike in a matter of weeks. A nation-wide strike of more than 45,000 union workers could shutter 31 Chrysler facilities in the United States and could also lead to the closure of six plants in Canada and Mexico.