Lordstown Motors Corp., the electric-truck startup formed specifically to save a shuttered Ohio car factory, has acquired the highly politicized plant from General Motors Co.
November 7, 2019Business
GM Edges Toward Ending Strike as Key Factory Backs Labor Deal
General Motors Co. moved closer to ending a five-week strike when 61% of workers at an important truck plant in Flint, Mich., supported a tentative labor agreement.
October 24, 2019Business
GM Strike Vote Is Going Down to Wire
General Motors Co. employees near Nashville, Tenn., narrowly rejected a proposed contract with the United Auto Workers, an early indication that the union’s vote to end a more than five-week strike could be a close call.
October 22, 2019BusinessEquipment
GM Workers Stay on Strike as Members Vote on New Contract
The United Auto Workers will continue striking against General Motors Co. until a tentative deal is ratified by members, extending its walkout for at least another week.
October 18, 2019GovernmentBusinessEquipment
GM Has Tentative Deal With UAW, Though Strike May Continue
General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, and the union will decide Oct. 17 whether to continue a more than monthlong strike while the deal is voted on by members.
October 16, 2019Business
GM CEO Mary Barra Joins UAW Negotiations in Sign Agreement Is Near
General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra is meeting with United Auto Workers leaders at the main bargaining table Oct. 15 as the two sides inch closer to a tentative agreement that could end a strike now in its fifth week.
October 15, 2019Business
Union Says Talks With GM Have ‘Taken a Turn for the Worse’
The strike at General Motors Co. entered its fourth week with the United Auto Workers union and the carmaker at an impasse over investment in U.S. factories, overshadowing progress made in recent days on other key issues.
October 7, 2019GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Striking GM Workers, Union Far From Agreement
General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers remain far apart in their talks over a new contract, according to the union’s top negotiator, making it less likely a strike called Sept. 15 will end within two days like a previous work stoppage did in 2007.
September 17, 2019Business
GM Strike Risk at 12-Year High With Weekend Deadline Approaching
Union leaders from General Motors Co. factories across the country are flying into Detroit this weekend to either agree to take a proposed labor contract offered by the automaker to their members for a vote, or go on strike.
September 11, 2019GovernmentBusiness
Trump Slams GM’s Dwindling US Workforce
President Donald Trump criticized General Motors Co. for shrinking its U.S. manufacturing presence, which has reduced the company’s unionized workforce to the smallest among Detroit’s automakers.
August 30, 2019