Scot Bertram, The United Auto Workers strike is expanding.

—Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — A former Hamas leader is calling for people in neighboring countries to join the Palestinian militant group's war against Israel.  Reuters reports it received a recorded statement from the former Hamas chief that called for protests across the Muslim world on Friday.  He urged the governments of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt to support Palestinians.  

Two—  Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Lansing is urging the Biden administration to pause its plan to release as much as six-billion dollars in humanitarian aid to Iran. She says that is due to Iran's support of Hamas, which attacked Israel over the weekend killing roughly 12-hundred people. Slotkin says any further involvement with Iran needs to be paused.

 

 

 

Three -- The United Auto Workers strike is expanding.  The organization said in a tweet that 87-hundred UAW members at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant are joining the strike after Ford "refused to make further movement in bargaining."  Large F-Series pick-up trucks are made that the plant, which are one of the company's more profitable vehicles.