How did the UAW strike affect the car market?

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The United Auto Workers’ historic strike cost Detroit’s Big 3 automakers billions of dollars, but auto analysts say it could have been much worse.

Ford announced Thursday the six-week strike cost the company $1.7 billion in profits. General Motors said it lost $1.1 billion.


“The strike was not as bad as it could have been,” Mike Wall, an auto analyst with S&P Global Mobility, told News 8 on Thursday. “That’s the biggest…

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