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.
GM Reverses Course, Says Strikers Will Keep Health Coverage
DETROIT — General Motors now says striking workers will get company-paid health insurance, nine days after telling the union that coverage would be cut off.
GM Strike in US Leads to 5,000 Layoffs in Canada, Union Says
About 5,000 workers in Canada have been put on leave due to the United Auto Workers strike at General Motors Co. in the U.S., according to the union.
GM Makes Concessions on Big-Ticket Employee Health Care
As GM was nearing the expiration of its labor contract with the union last week, the carmaker sought to have hourly workers pay 15% of their health care costs, according to sources familiar with the talks. But by the time the company presented UAW with a deadline offer, GM walked back the proposal and called for keeping contributions steady at about 4%, said the sources.
September 18, 2019Striking 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.
Auto Workers Strike Against GM in Contract Dispute
DETROIT — More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Sept. 16 as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.
Car Plant Closings, Corruption Color Detroit Three-UAW Talks
On one side of the bargaining table will be union brass angry about plant closures and embarrassed by scandal. On the other will be auto executives sweating shrinking sales and risky billion-dollar bets to survive an era of disruption.
July 15, 2019Navistar, UAW Reach Four-Year Labor Agreement
Navistar International Corp. and UAW announced Feb. 9 that the truck maker’s UAW-represented workers ratified a new four-year labor agreement. It replaces the contract that expired Oct. 1.