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Biden says auto workers need "good jobs that can support a family" in union talks with carmakers

President Joe Biden is asking the major U.S. automakers and their workers’ union to reach an agreement that takes “every possible step to avoid painful plant closings” as the sector transitions to electric vehicles

The Independent UK

Stellantis' Plans To Build $25,000 EV In US Clash With UAW Demands

"Stellantis' business model is broken, and until they fix it, they'll never hit that $25,000 target," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement.

InsideEVs

The auto worker's union is furious at what the parent of Chrysler and Jeep is offering to avoid a strike: ‘Management’s chosen to spit in our faces’

With their labor contract set to expire next month, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain blasts low-ball offer by literally tossing it in the garbage bin.

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US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement

The United Auto Workers union, which represents nearly 150,000 employees of companies that manufacture U.S.-made vehicles, kicked off in mid-July 2023 the labor negotiations it undergoes every four years with the three main unionized automakers.

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Wall Street Journal UAW Demands Significant Wage Increases For Factory Workers At GM, Ford, And Stellantis

Zenger

UAW to show list of economic demands to automakers this week, will seek worker pay if plants close

The new president of the United Auto Workers says the union will present a long list to General Motors, Ford and Stellantis when it delivers economic demands to the companies this week

The Independent UK

UPS and UAW Labor Disputes Rage Over Wage Fights: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

United Auto Workers are at a standstill in negotiations with the Big Three automakers, and UPS has narrowly avoided a Teamsters strike, for now.

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‘It feels like it’s strike summer’: US unions flex muscles across industries

Labor is increasingly militant after years of inaction, energized by star power from the actors’ and writers’ strikes

The Guardian - US

Autoworker union not giving Biden an easy ride in 2024 as contract talks pick up speed

The new UAW president says his members are being left out as the industry transitions to electric vehicles so he's applying pressure on the auto companies and the White House to do more for workers.

WEKU

Threat or not? Elon Musk gets new hearing on tweet about Tesla workers' stock amid UAW union effort

A federal appeals court will reconsider its March ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened employees with a loss of stock options in a 2018 Twitter post

The Independent UK

America Is barreling toward a summer of strikes

More than 650,000 American workers are threatening to go on strike this summer — or have already done so — in an avalanche of union activity not seen in the U.S. in decades.

Tribune News Service

Workers striking for greener jobs

Unions are working together to push for better environmental standards and greener technology in the industry

Salon

Editorial: Electric vehicles are coming. The UAW must adapt.

The United Auto Workers just launched contract negotiations with the Big Three North American automakers, and few will be surprised if the result is a strike.

Chicago Tribune

UAW Report Exposes Unsafe Conditions And Low Wages At GM-LG Battery Plant

Ultium Cells Lordstown faces scrutiny over worker safety and pay disparities in electric vehicle production.

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The Independent UK

Threats of a strike heating up even before UAW begins negotiations with automakers

Whenever the United Auto Workers union begins negotiating a new contract with Detroit’s three automakers, threats of a strike are typically heard among union members

Tribune News Service

UAW's fight against GM's battery joint venture intensifies with new union report

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers is intensifying its fight against General Motors Co. and partner LG Energy Solution for the "high risk and low pay" it is offering the workforce at its Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture battery cell plant in Warren, Ohio.

Tribune News Service

The fight for COLA: Why the UAW is pushing hard to restore long-lost benefit

DETROIT — Rob Pacheco estimates that he brought home more money 20 years ago than he does today because of concessions autoworkers made to help save the U.S. auto industry during the Great Recession.

Tribune News Service

UAW's legal team overhaul continues as Fain copes with federal investigations

DETROIT — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain dumped attorneys from a Chicago law firm that was paid more than $3.2 million to handle the union's response to a landmark federal corruption investigation after firing UAW General Counsel Abigail Carter and two members of the union's legal team.

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Axios

Biden's push for electric cars alienates longtime union allies

The UAW doesn't like Biden's push for EVs.

The Independent UK

Tennessee, Kentucky battery plants for Ford electric vehicles on track for $9.2B federal loan

The U.S. Department of Energy says massive battery plants planned in Tennessee and Kentucky for Ford’s electric vehicles are on track to receive up to a $9.2 billion federal loan

Motor1

Stellantis Shrinking US Workforce, Offers Buyouts To 33K Employees: Report

The voluntary buyouts are aimed largely at hourly workers in a bid to make the company more efficient.

The Independent UK

New UAW leader already has issues with Detroit automakers

The new president of the United Auto Workers union isn't happy with Detroit's three automakers

Salon

Rutgers strike shows rising militancy

While beltway Democrats push their party toward the middle, the labor movement is willing to disrupt the status quo

WEKU

Newly elected United Auto Workers leader strikes militant tone ahead of contract talks

The UAW has a new president, Shawn Fain, who is promising a return to aggressive political activity by the union, along with a tougher approach with auto companies.

InsideEVs

Court Orders Musk To Delete Tweet Threatening Union-Seeking Workers

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's 2018 tweet suggested that Tesla workers could lose stock options if they formed a union.

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