Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

The United Auto Workers' Strike continues as both President Biden and former President

Trump prepared to visit striking workers in Michigan this week.

As NPR's Camilo Domenoski reports, a separate union in Canada has approved a deal with

Ford, but it's not yet clear how that might play out in the American talk.

Members of Uniform, the Canadian Auto Workers' Union, struck a deal without striking.

Uniform says production workers in Canada will now make 35% more than equivalent workers

in the US.

Ford only employs about 5,600 union workers in Canada.

It has 10 times that many UAW workers in the States.

The UAW continues to negotiate with Ford, GM, and Stellantis.

It seems closer to a deal with Ford, but the company's last update indicated significant

gaps remain between the two sides.

Workers are trying to get back some benefits they gave up about 15 years ago.

The company's say the union's demands would make it impossible to compete with non-union

rivals.

Camilo Domenoski in NPR News.

With a possible government shutdown looming, White House Press Secretary Karin John

Pierre weighed in today during her daily press briefing, John Pierre sang in the event

a shutdown does materialize.

One group is going to get the blame.

We're going to hold extreme House Republicans accountable.

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