The UAW is seeking a four-year, eight-month contract with the Detroit 3 that would expire on May 1, 2028 — International Workers’ Day — according to people familiar with the union’s thinking.
The symbolic date, also known as May Day, celebrates the achievement of the international labor movement and would shift contract negotiations to the industry’s robust spring selling season. It would also change the dynamic of any potential strikes in northern states, taking away the risk of workers freezing on picket lines in cold weather.
A UAW spokesman declined comment.