UAW Moves Toward Stellantis Strike as Tensions Escalate (2)

The United Auto Workers will ask members to green light a strike against Stellantis NV, escalating an already tense standoff with one of the world’s largest car manufacturers.

The union will hold strike authorization votes at several local chapters in the coming days, seeking to pressure the company into abiding by investment stipulations in the agreement that ended a six-week strike last year, union President Shawn Fain said in an impassioned speech broadcast online Tuesday night.

Shawn Fain in August.

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

“Stellantis has declared war on the American working class,” Fain said. “The company has decided to respond to our support by abandoning ...