UAW Adds Key Stellantis Pickup Truck Plant to Strikes
The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against big Detroit automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis.
October 23, 2023Chairman Ford Calls on Autoworkers to End Strike
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford on Oct. 16 called on autoworkers to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future.
UAW Breaks Pattern of Adding Factories to Strikes on Fridays
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union isn’t adding any factories to those that are now on strike, but its president says walkouts could be added at any moment.
UAW Members Walk Out at Ford Kentucky Truck Plant
Ford Motor Co. became the latest strike target for the United Auto Workers after members walked out of its largest plant, a highly profitable pickup factory in Kentucky.
The Future of Electric Vehicles Looms Over UAW Strike
WAYNE, Mich. — On the picket lines at a Ford factory west of Detroit, many striking workers don’t think the electric vehicle revolution is coming for their jobs — at least not in the near future.
Workers at Mack Trucks Go on Strike After Rejecting Deal
Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Oct. 9 after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company.
Mack Trucks Reaches Tentative Agreement With UAW
Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers Union have announced they’ve come to a tentative agreement, which now avoids any potential strike among thousands of workers at the Lower Macungie, Pa., plant.
UAW Adds Two More Strike Sites, Idling 7,000 Workers
DETROIT — 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 GM factory near Lansing, Mich.
UAW Targets 30% Wage Bump to Satisfy Workers, Grow Members
The United Auto Workers union wants to emerge from its strike against Detroit’s three major automakers with at least a 30% pay raise, according to people familiar with the matter.
September 28, 2023Biden Visits UAW Picket Line in Michigan
President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers strikers on the picket line in Michigan Sept. 26 in a show of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history.
September 26, 2023