Tonight, for the first time in our history, we will strike all three of the big three at

once.

That's Sean Fein, the president of the United Auto Workers Union, speaking last night.

We are using a new strategy, the stand-up strike.

We will call on select facilities, locals or units to stand up and go on strike.

At midnight, UAW workers at Ford, Stellantis and General Motors walked out of three factories.

Never before, in the UAW's 88 years, has the union walked out of all three big automakers

at once.

Here's our colleague Nora Eckert.

Traditionally, the union picks one company as the target and really goes after that in terms

of negotiating and striking and conducting a strike across all three automakers really

disrupts the industry even more than a single walk out strike would.

How likely is it that this will have a swift resolution?

I wish I had a crystal ball on that.

I think it's the question that everyone in Detroit is asking.

There is pressure on the automakers to resolve this quickly and it certainly could happen.

But the way that the union is approaching this strike, it could be very drawn out also.

So we could be in it for the long haul if negotiations don't progress.

This is much bigger than Detroit.

So these three companies produce about half of the vehicles in the United States.

So we're going to see a significant economic fallout from any sort of strike we see on one

of these companies, much less all three.

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