The United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said that "progress is slow" between the UAW and the Detroit Three automakers as the third day of one of the largest strikes in decades continues.

"I don't really want to say we're closer," Fain said during an appearance on MSNBC's The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, adding that the union is meeting with General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis NV.

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Fain added he’s had a “reasonably productive" discussion with Ford, and Jodi Tinson, spokeswoman for Stellantis, echoed the same remarks.

For the first time in history, UAW went on strike against all three automakers simultaneously, arguing for better wages, benefits, and job protections in a move that will impact the nation’s economy. Around 13,000 workers are on strike at different locations after negotiations on a new contract failed, with the 4-year-old contract between them expiring.

“The good thing that I see in all this is our members are out there manning the picket lines with our allies, and this really, to me, isn't about the president or the former president ... this is about working-class people standing up,” Fain said on Sunday.

Fain has criticized the corporate greed of executives who get paid millions while working people are making less while clocking in increased hours.

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"It's a shame that the companies didn't take our advice and get down to business from the beginning of bargaining back in mid-July. They did what they always do. They delayed until the very end ... and then they want to get serious about this, and then they want to villainize the union for being greedy."

One day after the strike was enacted, Ford announced it would temporarily lay off around 600 nonstriking employees at its Michigan Assembly Plant, and Fain responded by saying the workers “will not go without an income.”