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Former Ford CEO warns UAW members its leader is 'playing a dangerous game'

If the union goes on strike, analysts expect the economic losses to exceed $5 billion over the course of just 10 days.

The Street

‘We are burned out’: UAW ready to take on automakers in contract negotiations

Amid record profits, workers want to roll back concessions made to auto industry after the 2008 economic recession

The Guardian - US

U.S car industry would lose $5.5 billion if workers strike, report says. So far, negotiations have been rife with ‘theatrics and personal insults’

A walkout could cost carmakers almost a billion dollars over a week and a half, while workers could lose $860 million in pay.

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Biden’s climate bill leaves workers behind in shift to electric cars, union says

Legislation gives incentives to companies to manufacture EVs without protections for workers, says head of autoworkers union

The Guardian - US

Stellantis' Plans To Build $25,000 EV In US Clash With UAW Demands

"Stellantis' business model is broken, and until they fix it, they'll never hit that $25,000 target," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement.

InsideEVs

The auto worker's union is furious at what the parent of Chrysler and Jeep is offering to avoid a strike: ‘Management’s chosen to spit in our faces’

With their labor contract set to expire next month, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain blasts low-ball offer by literally tossing it in the garbage bin.

Fortune

US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement

The United Auto Workers union, which represents nearly 150,000 employees of companies that manufacture U.S.-made vehicles, kicked off in mid-July 2023 the labor negotiations it undergoes every four years with the three main unionized automakers.

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UAW to show list of economic demands to automakers this week, will seek worker pay if plants close

The new president of the United Auto Workers says the union will present a long list to General Motors, Ford and Stellantis when it delivers economic demands to the companies this week

The Independent UK

UPS and UAW Labor Disputes Rage Over Wage Fights: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

United Auto Workers are at a standstill in negotiations with the Big Three automakers, and UPS has narrowly avoided a Teamsters strike, for now.

Kiplinger

Autoworker union not giving Biden an easy ride in 2024 as contract talks pick up speed

The new UAW president says his members are being left out as the industry transitions to electric vehicles so he's applying pressure on the auto companies and the White House to do more for workers.

WEKU

Editorial: Electric vehicles are coming. The UAW must adapt.

The United Auto Workers just launched contract negotiations with the Big Three North American automakers, and few will be surprised if the result is a strike.

Chicago Tribune

Here's Why EV Experts Are Flaming Joe Biden's Car Policy

The Biden Administration has set lofty goals for the electric vehicle market, but some automakers and union officials have their doubts.

The Street

Threats of a strike heating up even before UAW begins negotiations with automakers

Whenever the United Auto Workers union begins negotiating a new contract with Detroit’s three automakers, threats of a strike are typically heard among union members

The Independent UK

Ford Facing Major Challenges in Bid to Boost EV Sales

The automaker is contending with plant slowdowns, rising material prices and potentially contentious labor negations.

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Tribune News Service

UAW's fight against GM's battery joint venture intensifies with new union report

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers is intensifying its fight against General Motors Co. and partner LG Energy Solution for the "high risk and low pay" it is offering the workforce at its Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture battery cell plant in Warren, Ohio.

Tribune News Service

The fight for COLA: Why the UAW is pushing hard to restore long-lost benefit

DETROIT — Rob Pacheco estimates that he brought home more money 20 years ago than he does today because of concessions autoworkers made to help save the U.S. auto industry during the Great Recession.

Tribune News Service

UAW's legal team overhaul continues as Fain copes with federal investigations

DETROIT — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain dumped attorneys from a Chicago law firm that was paid more than $3.2 million to handle the union's response to a landmark federal corruption investigation after firing UAW General Counsel Abigail Carter and two members of the union's legal team.

Axios

Biden's push for electric cars alienates longtime union allies

The UAW doesn't like Biden's push for EVs.

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The Independent UK

Tennessee, Kentucky battery plants for Ford electric vehicles on track for $9.2B federal loan

The U.S. Department of Energy says massive battery plants planned in Tennessee and Kentucky for Ford’s electric vehicles are on track to receive up to a $9.2 billion federal loan

The Independent UK

New UAW leader already has issues with Detroit automakers

The new president of the United Auto Workers union isn't happy with Detroit's three automakers

Salon

Rutgers strike shows rising militancy

While beltway Democrats push their party toward the middle, the labor movement is willing to disrupt the status quo

WEKU

Newly elected United Auto Workers leader strikes militant tone ahead of contract talks

The UAW has a new president, Shawn Fain, who is promising a return to aggressive political activity by the union, along with a tougher approach with auto companies.

ABC News

Elon Musk's 2018 tweet on Tesla union campaign violated labour laws, US court rules

A US appeals court rules Tesla CEO Elon Musk violated federal labour law by tweeting that employees of the electric vehicle maker would lose stock options if they joined a union.

WEKU

The president of the United Auto Workers union has been ousted in an election

A challenger defeated the president of the United Auto Workers in a close election and vowed Saturday to take a more confrontational stance in negotiating with the big automakers.

Tribune News Service

Fain wins historic UAW presidential race, will be sworn in Sunday

DETROIT — United Auto Workers presidential candidate Shawn Fain has defeated incumbent Ray Curry in a historic, first-ever direct election for the union's highest office, the federal monitor overseeing the vote confirmed Saturday afternoon.

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