Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler guardian Stellantis, in separate statements Wednesday night time, mentioned the UAW had now not spoke back to gives they introduced Tuesday sooner than Fain criticized them on his broadcast. Ford CEO Jim Farley mentioned the corporate had put 4 “increasingly more beneficiant” gives at the desk since Aug. 29 and had but to obtain “any authentic counteroffer.”

Farley, talking later to journalists on the Detroit auto display, famous that Fain was once now not provide when he and Govt Chair Invoice Ford met with the union’s bargainers.

“There’s nonetheless time left,” Farley mentioned. “Whether or not there’s room in there or now not, we gained’t know if we don’t get comments. We don’t perceive why we will be able to’t get comments to make this deal to forge the longer term.”

Requested if the UAW was once negotiating in unhealthy religion, Farley requested rhetorically: “How are you able to negotiate if you happen to don’t get a neatly thought to be, authentic counteroffer?”

Normal Motors mentioned in its personal commentary that it has submitted a couple of “robust gives.”

“We’re making development in key spaces that we imagine are maximum necessary to our represented crew individuals,” GM mentioned. “This comprises ancient assured annual salary will increase, investments in our U.S. production vegetation to offer alternatives for all, and shortening the time for in-progression workers to achieve most wages.”

Fain, on his livestream, published main points of the automakers’ most up-to-date proposals. The newest proposed salary will increase are 20 % from Ford, 18 % from Normal Motors and 17.5 % from Stellantis. All 3 would chop in part the time it takes new hires to earn most sensible wages to 4 years, down from 8 years these days.

The corporations range at the transient employee factor, consistent with the union. Fain mentioned Ford is providing to transform all present temps with 90 days of constant provider into full-time standing. GM, he mentioned, was once providing “insufficient advantages, no profit-sharing and a meager salary build up,” whilst Stellantis had a equivalent be offering to GM with “no trail to full-time” standing.

Relating to cost-of-living changes, the union mentioned Ford was once prepared to revive an outdated COLA system however famous it could be offering salary coverage of “not up to $1 over the following 4 and a part years.” He mentioned GM and Stellantis had been providing a system that would supply 0 salary coverage over the process the following contract.

He additionally mentioned the profit-sharing formulation presented by way of the corporations can be much less beneficiant than they’re these days.

He mentioned all 3 proceed to reject all the union’s “activity safety,” “work-life steadiness” and retiree priorities. The activity safety priorities come with reinstating a jobs financial institution that will proceed to pay employees after they’re laid off, and the work-life steadiness proposal requires a four-day paintings week at 5 days’ price of pay.

“We are making development at every of the 3 negotiating tables, however we are nonetheless very a long way aside on our key priorities,” Fain mentioned. “We don’t but have gives at the desk that mirror the sacrifice and contributions our individuals have made to those firms.”

Fain spoke in grandiose phrases at the livestream, quoting Scripture and famed former UCLA basketball trainer John Wood, to rally individuals for what he known as “our righteous combat.”

He argued the Detroit 3 may just “double our wages” and nonetheless be winning, pronouncing the corporations and company media sought after “to scare us into pondering employees are the issue.”

He framed the rush for a greater exertions contract as a fight between the operating magnificence and wealthy.

“That is our defining second, and it’s time we move to paintings,” he mentioned.

“Making daring calls for and organizing to combat for them is an act of religion,” he mentioned. “Those firms are mountains. In combination we will be able to make those mountains transfer.”