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The Latest Breaking News from United Auto Workers

UAW expands its auto strike once again, hitting a key plant for Ram pickup trucks

The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against the automaker Stellantis, calling on 6,800 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant outside Detroit to walk out Monday morning.

WEKU

Autoworkers add key Stellantis pickup truck plant to strikes, shutting down big profit center

The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis

The Independent UK

UAW's confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far?

Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit’s automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain

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The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more

Five weeks into the autoworkers' strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the automakers have significantly increased their offers but UAW leader Shawn Fain says there's still room to move.

WEKU

Unions push to represent more workers, but organized labor’s share of jobs is declining

Organizing and mobilizing have gone on throughout the Chicago area with nurses and other health care employees, graduate teaching assistants, cannabis store crews, baristas and retail associates.

Chicago Sun-Times

UAW members aren't all assembling cars. More and more are unionized grad students

At its peak, the United Auto Workers union had 1.5 million members. Today, the "A" in UAW might as well include academia, as roughly 100,000 of the union's 383,000 members work in higher education.

WEKU

Autoworkers used to have lifelong health care and pension income. They want it back

Retirement security remains a sticking point in the ongoing talks between the United Auto Workers union and the Big 3 automakers. The union wants to see a return of pensions and retiree health care.

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Stellantis cancels presentation at Las Vegas technology show due to UAW strike impact

Stellantis has said it will be canceling its participation in next year’s CES technology show in Las Vegas due to the “mounting” costs of the ongoing auto workers strike in North America

The Independent UK

EKU students will study Louisville Ford strike as it happens

The United Auto Workers strike against the Ford Truck Plant in Louisville could have negative impacts on the future of the auto industry in Kentucky. That’s according to Dr. Ki-Jung Kim, an assistant professor of Management at Eastern Kentucky University’s College of Business.

WEKU

UAW breaks pattern of adding factories to strikes on Fridays, says more plants could come any time

The United Auto Workers union isn’t adding any factories to those that are now on strike, but its president says more walkouts could begin at any moment

The Independent UK

Auto workers escalate strike as 8,700 workers walk out at Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville

On Wednesday evening, the UAW shut down the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world, where profitable large pickups and SUVs are built.

Chicago Sun-Times

Detroit automakers and union leaders spar over 4,800 layoffs at non-striking factories

Detroit’s three automakers have laid off roughly 4,800 workers at factories that are not among the plants that have been hit by the United Auto Workers strikes, which have lasted for nearly four weeks

The Independent UK

Workers at Mack Trucks reject tentative contract deal and will go on strike early Monday

The United Auto Workers union says members at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the company and plan to strike at 7 a.m. Monday

The Independent UK

‘No deal? No wheels’ strikers chant at Far South Side UAW rally

Mayor Brandon Johnson also joined the rally, asking the cheering crowd “Is this a union town, or what?”

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UAW pauses strike expansion after GM makes battery plant concession

General Motors agreed to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the United Auto Workers’ national contract, essentially assuring that they will be unionized.

The Conversation

Why the UAW union's tough bargaining strategy is working

The United Auto Workers union isn’t backing down as it bargains for more compensation and better benefits in its new contracts with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. Under the deft leadership of its president, Shawn Fain, and other officials elected in March 2023, the union has thrown the three companies…

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Why the UAW strike could last a long time

The United Auto Workers' targeted strike against the Big Three automakers is about gradually ramping up pressure on the automakers while also stretching out the union's strike fund.

The Conversation

What today’s labor leaders can learn from the explosive rise and quick fall of the typesetters union

Can a seemingly robust labor union simply collapse? The news is full of stories about growing union power – but just because a union is strong now doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way. Important unions have put themselves out of business before. The International Typographical Union, or ITU, is one…

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The Independent UK

Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employees

Among the many changes being sought by striking United Auto Workers is an end to a system that pays workers much different wages for doing the same job

The Independent UK

Striking auto workers and Detroit companies appear to make progress in contract talks

Meaningful progress has been made in the negotiations between the striking United Auto Workers union and Detroit’s three auto companies

WEKU

Why the Obama era 'car czar' thinks striking autoworkers risk overplaying their hand

He was the lead adviser for the Obama administration when the government bailed out auto companies in 2009. Now, he is weighing in on the union strikes against the big 3 American automakers.

Al Jazeera

Can autoworkers fuel a labour renaissance?

Labour strikes are taking place across North America as a labour shortage helps worker demand better pay and rights.

The Independent UK

Clock is ticking as United Autoworkers threaten to expand strikes against Detroit automakers Friday

The United Auto Workers strike against Detroit’s big three automakers that spread to dozens of parts distribution centers one week ago may grow worse soon

The Guardian - US

Senate debates measure to prevent shutdown that McCarthy said he would not consider – as it happened

The Senate measure would fund the federal government until 17 November and prevent the shutdown that will otherwise begin on Sunday

The Guardian - US

Where do each of the US Republican candidates stand on labor and unions?

Trump and seven other Republicans face the same challenge – US support for unions is at a high but the GOP historically doesn’t condone them

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