United Auto Workers

The company now expects to earn $10 billion to $10.5 billion before taxes in 2023. That's down from $11 billion to $12 billion that it projected last summer.

The UAW says its targeting nearly 150,000 workers at U.S. plants operated by Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW and Volvo.

The UAW said Wednesday that its effort will cover nearly 150,000 workers at factories largely in the South, where the UAW has had little success in recruiting new members.

The company now predicts full-year net income of $9.1 billion to $9.7 billion, down from its previous outlook of $9.3 billion to $10.7 billion.

Shawn Fain declined to say which nonunion companies the UAW would target first.

Ford workers voted 69.3% in favor of the pact, which passed with nearly a 15,000-vote margin in balloting that ended early Saturday.Workers at Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles, voted 68.8% in favor of the deal.

A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with all local union offices reporting, the contract passed by just over 3,400 votes, with 54.7% in favor

The union is expected to announce GM results on Thursday evening. Voting continues at Ford through early Saturday, where 66.1% of workers have voting in favor so far

The union on Wednesday hadn't posted final vote totals yet, but workers at several large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by fairly large margins.

The vote tallies at the plants ranged from 55% to around 60% against the contract. Voting continues at Ford, where the deal is passing with 66.1% voting in favor so far