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Fiat, Jeep brand owner Stellantis cancels planned layoffs after sudden exit of CEO

Stellantis has announced it will reverse plans to lay off approximately 1,100 workers at its Ohio Jeep plant, just weeks after the sudden resignation of Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares. The decision to reverse the layoffs comes after the company announced a shift reduction at its Toledo South Assembly Plant, which manufactures the Jeep Gladiator. Despite this setback, Stellantis has …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares steps down as carmaker continues struggle with slumping sales

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares is stepping down after nearly four years in the top spot of the automaker, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, amid an ongoing struggle with slumping sales. Stellantis noted Sunday that the process of finding a new, permanent CEO is “well under way.” In the meantime, the company says a …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Stellantis to invest $406 million at 3 factories, a step toward meeting commitments in UAW contract

Associated Press

DETROIT — Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis will spend $406 million retooling three Michigan factories so they can build electric vehicles or battery parts to support a strategy of making vehicles powered by both gasoline and batteries. With its investment announcement Wednesday, the company is taking a step toward meeting some commitments that it agreed to in a new contract …

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7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

Hindustan Times

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends Friday at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama The voting at the two Mercedes …

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7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

The Independent

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South

NPR

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR The United Auto Workers union has stepped up the pace on its march south. "We started signing authorization cards Thanksgiving weekend, and it just stacked up quick," says Jeremy Kimbrell, who's worked for Mercedes for 24 years, …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Ford CEO says company will rethink where it builds vehicles after last year’s autoworkers strike

Associated Press

DETROIT — Last fall’s contentious United Auto Workers’ strike changed Ford’s relationship with the union to the point where it will “think carefully” about where it builds future vehicles, Ford’s top executive said Thursday. Farley said as the company looks at the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles, “we have to think carefully about our footprint.” Ford, Farley said, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Tesla is raising factory worker pay as auto union tries to organize its electric vehicle plants

Hindustan Times

DETROIT — Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year, a move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker's U.S. plants. HT Image The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company statements on the raises, which did not give details about the …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Tesla is raising factory worker pay as auto union tries to organize its electric vehicle plants

Associated Press

DETROIT — Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year, a move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants. The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company statements on the raises, which did not give details about the size of …

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1 year ago

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation

Associated Press

DETROIT — More than 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote on representation by the United Auto Workers, the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. In close votes in 2014 and 2019, workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant twice rejected a …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Tesla didn’t squelch United Auto Workers message when it cracked down on T-shirts, court says

Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Automaker Tesla did not infringe on its workers’ rights to unionize when it ordered employees at a California assembly plant to stop wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the United Auto Workers logo, a federal appeals court has ruled. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a 3-2 decision issued last year by the National Labor Relations Board, which had …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hyundai joins Honda and Toyota in raising wages after auto union wins gains in deals with Detroit 3

Associated Press

South Korean automaker Hyundai has joined Honda and Toyota in raising factory worker wages after the United Auto Workers union reached new contract agreements with Detroit automakers. Fain said terrified auto executives at nonunion plants are raising wages, and he called Toyota’s pay increase the UAW bump. “They’ve always wanted to stay nonunion, and they try to stay close to …

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1 year, 1 month ago

What the pending UAW-Big 3 deals mean for workers, Biden and the economy

Politico

It would also end a perilous chapter for President Joe Biden, a champion of the EV transition who has leaned on organized labor as a key political ally — but who risked seeing the economy take a substantial hit from a prolonged walkout. Though the final product would fall short of some of the the union’s most ambitious initial demands …

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1 year, 1 month ago

UAW reaches tentative deal with Chrysler parent Stellantis to end 6-week strike

NPR

UAW reaches tentative deal with Chrysler parent Stellantis to end 6-week strike Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images The United Auto Workers has announced a tentative deal with Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, just days after the union struck a similar deal with Ford. Sponsor Message Strike expands …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Business Highlights: UAW strike expands to GM plant in Texas; Big profits lift Wall Street

Associated Press

___ UAW strikes at General Motors plant in Texas as union goes after automakers’ cash cows DETROIT — First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United Auto Workers union is on strike. ___ Stock market today: Wall Street rises after corporate profits …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Autoworkers strike at Stellantis plant shutting down big profit center, 41,000 workers now picketing

Associated Press

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. The newest strike action comes just three days after union President Shawn Fain reported progress in talks with General Motors and Stellantis but said the companies will have to make better offers. “Instead …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Thousands more UAW members walk out at Stellantis

Politico

The new walkout brings the total number of striking workers to more than 40,000 and continues the UAW’s strategy of ramping up pressure on the automakers by keeping the companies guessing where the next work stoppage might be as they negotiate a new contract with the union. The news comes nearly two weeks after the union’s last strike expansion, when …

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1 year, 2 months ago

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

Associated Press

MILAN — Stellantis, the multinational maker of Jeep and Ram, said Tuesday that it is canceling its participation in next year’s CES technology show in Las Vegas citing the “mounting” costs of the ongoing auto workers strike in North America. The Europe-based company said its focus is on measures “to mitigate financial impacts and preserve capital,” during the ongoing negotiations …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company’s future is at stake

Associated Press

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford on Monday called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future. In a rare speech coming during contract talks in the company’s hometown of Dearborn, Michigan, Ford said high labor costs could limit spending on …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Ford says it’s at the limit on how much it can spend to get new contract with striking autoworkers

Associated Press

DETROIT — A top Ford executive says the company has reached the limit of how much money it will spend to get a contract agreement with the striking United Auto Workers union. “Ford hasn’t gotten the message” to bargain for a fair contract, Fain said in announcing the walkout by 8,700 workers at the company’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

UAW expands strike to Ford’s most lucrative plant

Politico

But Fain now appears to think differently. A Ford official told reporters that the union requested a meeting Wednesday — which ended up lasting mere minutes — and Fain expressed dissatisfaction with the company’s proposals, leading to the strike. The Kentucky Truck Plant, located in Louisville, is Ford’s largest plant and one of the largest auto factories in the world, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

US auto workers halt strike expansion after concessions on EV battery plant

Al Jazeera

The United Auto Workers union has said that it will not further expand its strike after winning a major breakthrough, bringing electric vehicle battery plants into the union’s national contract. In a video appearance on Friday, UAW President Shawn Fain said that the decision would change the future of the union and the auto industry, and that further strike expansions …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Autoworkers pause expansion of strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession

LA Times

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, shown in a photo last week, on Friday said that no plants would be added to the strikes after a concession from GM to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the union’s national contract. The United Auto Workers union said Friday that it will not expand its strikes against Detroit’s three automakers after General …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk: GM, Ford will go ‘bankrupt’ if…

Live Mint

Elon Musk has cautioned that if the United Auto Workers union's demands for higher wages are met, traditional automakers like General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis could “drive GM, Ford and Chrysler bankrupt in the fast lane”. Meanwhile, pure electric vehicle companies like Tesla, Lucid Group and Rivian Automotive are not unionised, and they rely heavily on employee stock purchase plans …

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Fiat, Jeep brand owner Stellantis cancels planned layoffs after sudden exit of CEO

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares steps down as carmaker continues struggle with slumping sales

Stellantis to invest $406 million at 3 factories, a step toward meeting commitments in UAW contract

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South

Ford CEO says company will rethink where it builds vehicles after last year’s autoworkers strike

Tesla is raising factory worker pay as auto union tries to organize its electric vehicle plants

Tesla is raising factory worker pay as auto union tries to organize its electric vehicle plants

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation

Tesla didn’t squelch United Auto Workers message when it cracked down on T-shirts, court says

Hyundai joins Honda and Toyota in raising wages after auto union wins gains in deals with Detroit 3

What the pending UAW-Big 3 deals mean for workers, Biden and the economy

UAW reaches tentative deal with Chrysler parent Stellantis to end 6-week strike

Business Highlights: UAW strike expands to GM plant in Texas; Big profits lift Wall Street

Autoworkers strike at Stellantis plant shutting down big profit center, 41,000 workers now picketing

Thousands more UAW members walk out at Stellantis

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

Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company’s future is at stake

Ford says it’s at the limit on how much it can spend to get new contract with striking autoworkers

UAW expands strike to Ford’s most lucrative plant

US auto workers halt strike expansion after concessions on EV battery plant

Autoworkers pause expansion of strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession

Elon Musk: GM, Ford will go ‘bankrupt’ if…