Canadian autoworkers and General Motors reach a tentative contract agreement The deal recognizes employee contributions with significant pay and benefit increases and additional job security, the automaker said. WEKU · Oct 11, 2023
Chevrolet Silverado Production Resumes In Canada After Short Strike At GM The union targeted three facilities, including one that makes V8 engines. Motor1 · Oct 10, 2023
Auto workers begin strike at GM plants in Canada Auto workers have launched strikes at three General Motors facilities in Canada The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023
UAW Workers At Mack Trucks Go On Strike Amid Progress At Detroit Automakers 4,000 workers of the trucking company owned by Volvo Group are on picket lines in three states. Motor1 · Oct 9, 2023
UAW President Shawn Fain lambasts auto execs while wearing 'EAT THE RICH' T-shirt The union's strike against the Detroit Three continues, but the UAW's president says that GM has now committed for future battery plant workers to be covered by the same contract as other workers. WEKU · Oct 6, 2023
US auto workers halt strike expansion after concessions on EV battery plant UAW President Fain praises breakthrough, with implications for labour arrangements undergirding green transition. Al Jazeera · Oct 6, 2023
Biden pledges to work with next House speaker as Jim Jordan welcomes Trump endorsement – as it happened President declines to comment on Trump-endorsed Jordan speakership bid but adds ‘some … could be easier to work with than others’ The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2023
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. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2023
GM's Battery Plants Will Be Covered By UAW Agreement In "Major Breakthrough" The move to unionize battery workers also averted a strike on GM's lucrative Arlington truck factory. InsideEVs · Oct 6, 2023
‘Our strike is working’: UAW announces progress in talks with car giants Shawn Fain says General Motors has made key concession on battery manufacture and does not announce additional strikes The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2023
Horner: F1 teams waiting for Liberty proposal on Andretti entry Andretti’s plans took a step closer to becoming a reality when the team was approved by the FIA, and it now falls to the F1 organisation and its owner Liberty to assess the commercial position of the potential new entrant. Autosport · Oct 6, 2023
Williams against Andretti entry but would welcome General Motors into F1 The FIA has approved Andretti’s new team bid meaning the American entry, working with General Motors firm Cadillac, must now seek approval from series rights holder FOM. Autosport · Oct 6, 2023
Toyota Designs Baby Lunar Rover Concept With FJ40 Land Cruiser Design Cues It has airless tires, augmented reality, and in-wheel motors. Motor1 · Oct 5, 2023
The US government seems ready to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators for safety concerns The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a manufacturing flaw that could send metal shrapnel rocketing through a car interior The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023
WEKU · Oct 5, 2023 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.
InsideEVs · Oct 5, 2023 GM’s Return To Europe Starts With $90,000 Cadillac Lyriq EV The maker of Ultium-based EVs all but disappeared from Europe in 2017, when it sold the Opel and Vauxhall brands to France’s PSA Group, which is now part of Stellantis.
Fortune · Oct 5, 2023 GM’s Mary Barra is charging ahead on EVs and navigating the UAW auto strike. It’s a valuable lesson in playing the long game Barra is an example of an executive who has found success by sticking to her mission.
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023 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
InsideEVs · Oct 4, 2023 US: Ford Sold Record 20,962 BEVs In Q3, Only A Bit More Than GM In September, sales of Ford BEVs in the United States increased to 7,742 units, which allowed to achieve a record third quarter (20,962 sales).
Autosport · Oct 4, 2023 How the FIA went from seven F1 new team bids to Andretti And while there remain some big challenges ahead, because Andretti still needs to agree a commercial deal with FOM to be allowed to race, it is the closest F1 has had to a new team entrant for a while.
WEKU · Oct 4, 2023 Why this fight is so personal for the UAW workers on strike Third-generation UAW worker Eric Mullins can see what the union is fighting for, up close and personal, including the same pay as longer-tenured coworkers — and the same retirement his dad will have.
Motorsport · Oct 4, 2023 Ford's Bathurst 1000 parity hopes fading There is a tense holding pattern in the Supercars paddock this evening as the deadlock over parity continues.
InsideEVs · Oct 3, 2023 GM Sold Over 20,000 EVs In Q3 In US, But Growth Disappoints In Q3, General Motors delivered 20,092 all-electric vehicles in the United States, which is 33% more than a year ago and about 3% of the total volume.
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2023 Ford lays off hundreds at Chicago Heights plant amid ongoing UAW strike About 330 employees were laid off between a plant in Chicago and one in Lima, Ohio. The company blamed the strike for disrupting operations and causing the layoffs.
Autosport · Oct 3, 2023 What's next for Andretti's F1 entry - and could it fall at the final hurdle? This may yet be the most difficult challenge yet for Andretti; although it has proven to the FIA that it has merit on sporting, technical, and financial grounds, thrashing out a deal with FOM will be tough given that the existing 10 teams will put the championship under pressure.