The United Auto Workers are on strike, targeting all three Detroit automakers at once after contract negotiations failed to land a new deal by the 11:59 p.m. Thursday deadline. @uaw.union members at three assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri went on strike after their labor contracts expired. The UAW confirmed that about 13,000 members across the three plants were walking the picket lines after midnight. As the deadline for a new contract passed, cheering could be heard from inside the gates at Stellantis' Toledo Assembly Complex as cars and trucks streamed out and honking horns provided the soundtrack. At Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Assembly in Wayne, union strikers cheered: "We love you, Shawn, we love you," when UAW President Shawn Fain arrived after midnight to join the picket line. He stayed until after 1 a.m. and told members, "I work for you." Both of Michigan's U.S. senators - Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, both Democrats - joined picketers early Friday morning outside the Ford Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne. Stabenow, a senior member of Michigan's delegation, said the union and auto companies must agree to a contract that supports workers. "I think the most important thing is to make sure that there is an agreement that supports the work of the people who get the job done here, and that they are supported to get this done as quickly as possible. It needs to be fair and just," she said. Read more using the link in our bio. 📸 Photos by @ericseals @visual_david @detroitmandi. #uaw #union #autos #autoworkers #automotive #news #breakingnews