UAW holding rally at Avon Lake Ford plant

AVON LAKE, Ohio (WOIO) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2000 will be rallying outside the Avon Lake Ford assembly plant Sunday afternoon.

The rally is set to begin at approximately 1:15 p.m.

The rally comes three days after the union announced it would be going on strike.

Contracts between 146,000 workers and their respective companies expired at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

The AP reported nearly 13,000 workers left three plants in a targeted strike.

U.S. President Joe Biden also announced he would be sending aides to Detroit, where the three automakers are located, to address the strike.

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