Major breakthrough with GM After threatening to strike a major General Motors plant in Arlington, Texas, Fain said the automaker has agreed to place electric vehicle battery plants under a national contract with the UAW. "This week, GM did something that was unthinkable until j...
Only two weeks have passed since the UAW called a strike on Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, but the action has already had significant effect. Beyond the non-stop international media attention, the strike has spread to 38 new production facilities, been visited by one former and one cur...
impacting only three production sites at first, but now the impact is beginning to grow. Recently, the UAW took aim at parts distribution facilities for GM and Stellantis across the U.S., sparing
The UAW's so-called stand-up strike — a rhetorical nod to the "sit-down" strike by GM workers in Flint, Michigan, in the 1930s —kicked off on September 15when Ford, GM and Stellantis workers in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio walked off the job after negotiations between the automakers a...
In First Strike Authorization Vote at Stellantis, UAW Members at Los Angeles Parts Center Overwhelmingly Approve a Walkout if U.S. Investments Aren’t Made ONTARIO, Calif. — On Thursday night, a supermajority of UAW members at Stellantis’ Los Angeles Parts Distribution Center voted to request...
The Big Three automakers have furloughed orlaid off roughly 5,000 workerssince the strike began. GM on Monday idled a total of 155 workers at plants in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Ford let go 537 workers in Michigan and Ohio, according to the latest numbers posted on X. Stellantis laid ...
(CBS DETROIT)- No new strikes were announced today, but UAW President Shawn Fain said the union has entered a new phase and will no longer wait until Friday to announce strike expansions. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain provided the update in a Facebook Live Friday morni...
The UAW spared additional strikes at Stellantis. Fain said the parent company of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram has made progress on negotiations, including in cost-of-living adjustments and giving workers the right to strike. "We are excited about this momentum at Stellantis and hope it continu...
The UAW launched a coordinated strikelast monthwhen nearly 13,000 autoworkers walked off the job at Big Three assembly plants Michigan, Missouri and Ohio — the first time union members at the companies had simultaneously stopped work. Another5,600 workersat 38 GM and Stellantis-owned parts dist...
The United Auto Workers, however announced progress in negotiations with Ford, and the strike against that company will remain at just one facility. The strike has entered its eighth day. Against GM and Stellantis, which makes Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler and Ram vehicles, the strike has expanded...