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The United Auto Workers Union announced Friday its strike authorization vote passed with "near universal approval" from its 150,000 members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
"Final votes are still being tabulated, but the current combined average across the Big Three was 97% in favor of strike authorization," it said in a statement. "The vote does not guarantee a strike will be called, only that the union has the right to call a strike if the Big Three refuse to reach a fair deal."
The UAW is currently negotiating new contracts with the automakers, with its current ones expiring on Sept. 14.
"Our union’s membership is clearly fed up with living paycheck-to-paycheck while the corporate elite and billionaire class continue to make out like bandits," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement. "The Big Three have been breaking the bank while we have been breaking our backs."