Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Shawn Fain

UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they?

The United Auto Workers union has made CEO pay a central part of their argument for a big worker wage increase

The Independent UK

How Shawn Fain, an unlikely and outspoken president, led the UAW to strike

The former union electrician was an underdog in recent UAW leadership elections, but with a tough love approach to auto companies in negotiations, he narrowly won. Now he's taking the union on strike.

WEKU

Union says UAW and automakers' talks are 'slow' as Biden aides prepare to visit

The United Auto Workers and automakers resumed negotiations this weekend. But UAW president Shawn Fain described progress as "slow."

WEKU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘We build those cars’: US workers on Ford picket line demand a fair share

Horns blare in support of strikers outside the carmakers’ plant in Wayne, Michigan, as union members attack ‘corporate greed’

The Guardian - US

Auto worker strike creates test of Biden's goals on labor and climate

The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden's goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions

The Independent UK

‘A fight against corporate greed’: Bernie Sanders rallies with UAW in Detroit

Senator kicks off United Auto Workers’ largest strike against US’s big three carmakers amid record company profits

The Guardian - US

With unprecedented strike underway, auto workers want to 'play hardball'

Autoworkers' emotions — from excitement to fear and apprehension — are running high as the United Auto Workers launches an unprecedented strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis at once.

WEKU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The UAW’s Shawn Fain wants to wreck ‘the billionaire class’ as analysis reveals Ford, GM and Stellantis CEOs make at least 281 times their average employee

The UAW took aim at Ford’s Jim Farley for making $21 million last year, but the CEOs of GM and Stellantis actually make even more.

Fortune

Biden calls for ‘win-win’ deal to resolve US auto workers’ strike

US president sends two government officials to Detroit, says corporate profits have not been shared fairly with workers.

Al Jazeera

UAW goes on strike for first time ever

"CEOs gave themselves 40% pay increases in the last four years," United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said

Salon

UAW Strikes: Unusual Options Activity Suggests Investors Don’t Care

The United Auto Workers went on strike at midnight Friday. It is the first time the UAW has simultaneously walked out at all three of Detroit’s big automakers. The unusual options activity for the three automaker’s stocks suggests investors don’t care. That may change.

Barchart

Joe Biden says record auto profits should mean ‘record benefits’ as UAW launches historic Big 3 strike

Unprecedented worker actions mark first time that all three companies are targeted simultaneously

The Independent UK

Why you shouldn't be surprised that autoworkers are asking for a 40% pay raise

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

WEKU

As Democrats back auto workers, GOP spots a divide over EVs - Roll Call

Democrats and Republicans are declaring solidarity with striking autoworkers, but the GOP sees electric vehicles as wedge issue.

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

UAW strike: union to resume contract negotiations on Saturday – as it happened

Plans to restart negotiations come after about 13,0000 workers walked out of three factories run by Ford, General Motors and Stellantis

The Conversation

US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered

The United Auto Workers union, or UAW, has told workers at three factories to go on strike after failing to agree on new contracts with each of Detroit’s major automakers. The contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2023. By midnight, the union posted a strike declaration on its…

The Independent UK

What’s at stake as UAW launches historic strike against Big 3 automakers

About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn’t reach a deal with Detroit’s automakers

Fortune

“This man made 21 million last year”—As UAW strikes Detroit’s Big 3, it blasts Ford CEO for emotive schoolteachers and firemen comparison

After the Ford's Jim Farley accuses the United Auto Workers union of wanting to bankrupt his company, labor leader Shawn Fain launches a historic strike of all three Detroit carmakers.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

What's at stake as 13,000 workers go on strike at major US auto makers

About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn’t reach a deal with Detroit’s automakers

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: ‘Defining moment’ as auto workers strike after talks fail with car giants

Deadline expires with sides still far apart on union’s contract priorities. Plus, Hunter Biden indicted on federal charges

Motor1

Nearly 13,000 UAW Workers Start Historic Strike Against Detroit Three

Production of the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, and Chevy Silverado is halted.

Al Jazeera

US autoworkers launch historic strike at GM, Ford and Stellantis plants

Union begins picketing at plants operated by General Motors, Ford and Stellantis for first time in its 88-year history.

France 24

About 13,000 US auto workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits

About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.

The Independent UK

About 13,000 workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits from Detroit’s three automakers

About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and headed for the picket lines Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay

The Guardian - US

Biden says record profits warrant record contracts as historic auto worker strike starts

United Auto Workers union unable to agree deal with Ford, GM and Stellantis, who have seen profits and executive pay soar

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.