Oct 28 Watch 1:50 News Wrap: Former VP Mike Pence ends his 2024 presidential campaign In our news wrap Saturday, Pence dropped out of the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Maine authorities shared more details about their search for the suspected mass killer found dead Friday, the death toll from Hurricane Otis rose… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 4:57 UAW strike against Detroit automakers expands to more plants as negotiations continue By Stephanie Sy, Shoshana Dubnow The United Auto Workers expanded its strike this week, targeting some of the most profitable plants of Detroit’s automakers. The strikes now involve 46,000 workers at 40 assembly plants and parts centers around the country. On its 41st day, a… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 2:45 News Wrap: UAW expands strike on 40th day to GM SUV plant in Texas In our news wrap Tuesday, the United Auto Workers expanded its 40-day-old strike to a GM plant in Texas, crews in Louisiana spent much of the day clearing wreckage after a 158-vehicle highway pileup, the Chinese government removed General Li… Continue watching
Oct 20 WATCH: Head of auto workers union says strikes will continue in push to gain better offers from companies By Tom Krisher, Associated Press In a statement, GM said it made an offer on Friday with substantial movement in all key areas in an effort to end a 5-week-old strike. Continue reading
Oct 12 Only 9 percent of Americans support car companies over striking auto workers, AP-NORC polls shows By David Koenig, Associated Press More Americans sympathize with the striking auto workers than with the three big car companies that employ them. Continue reading
Oct 09 Union workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after voting to reject new contract deal By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Union workers at Mack Trucks are on strike after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. Continue reading
Oct 06 Auto workers won’t expand strikes against Detroit Three after GM battery plant concession By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The announcement of the pause in expanding the strikes came shortly after GM agreed to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the UAW's national contract, essentially assuring that they will be unionized. Continue reading
Oct 05 Everything you need to know about the largest strikes happening in the U.S. today By Associated Press It's been a big year for labor organizing in the U.S. And from auto production lines to Hollywood, all eyes are on strikes taking the world of work by storm. Continue reading
Sep 27 3 experts on the UAW strike and why we’re seeing an American labor ‘upsurge’ By Kenichi Serino Capping off a summer of strikes, the move by United Auto Workers is the result of decades of workers' dissatisfaction and the belief that now is the moment to flex their strength. Continue reading
Sep 27 Trump heads to Michigan to compete with Biden for union votes as GOP rivals are set to debate By Jill Colvin, Tom Krisher, Associated Press Trump's visit also comes a day after President Joe Biden became the first sitting president in U.S. history to walk a picket line as he joined United Auto Workers in Detroit. Continue reading