Oct 29 After making deals with Ford and Stellantis, UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM By Tom Krisher, Frank Bajak, Associated Press The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis. Continue reading
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 28 Stellantis and UAW reach tentative contract deal after similar agreement with Ford By Tom Krishner, Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union that follows a template set earlier this week by Ford, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 24 UAW strikes at profitable General Motors SUV plant in Texas By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The additional plants further escalate a labor dispute that's in its sixth week and now has about 46,000 union workers off the job. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 3:33 News Wrap: UAW adds Michigan Stellantis factory to ongoing strike In our news wrap Monday, the United Auto Workers added a new factory to its ongoing strike, Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to federal charges he acted as an agent for Egypt, a Russian court ordered journalist Alsu Kurmasheva… Continue watching
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
Sep 29 United Autoworkers strikes spread to Chicago and Lansing as 7,000 more workers join the picket line By David Koenig, Tom Krishner, Associated Press The United Auto Workers union says its two-week strike against Detroit automakers will spread to 7,000 more workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan. 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
Sep 26 Biden to show solidarity with striking UAW workers in historic move By Seung Min Kim, Tom Krisher, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Biden's trip to join a picket line in the suburbs of Detroit is the most significant demonstration of his pro-union bona fides, a record that includes vocal support for unionization efforts at Amazon.com facilities and executive actions that promoted worker… Continue reading