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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to United Auto Workers members at the UAW’s Community Action Program (CAP) legislative conference in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters The United Auto Workers union is endorsing President Joe Biden for reelection this year, UAW President Shawn Fain announced Wednesday at a union conference in Washington, … Read more
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, January 17, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Chrysler 300C Ends Production 1st Gear: A Major Drought Is Causing Traffic Jams In The Panama Canal … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, January 5, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Tesla Recalls Every Car It Has Sold In China Safety issues with Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance … Read more
DETROIT, Mich. and TOLEDO, Ohio — Whether they are brand-new temps or 25-year veterans, the auto workers battling the “Big Three” in an unprecedented strike say they are fighting to restore their jobs to the gold-standard working-class careers they were in previous generations. Wages in the auto industry writ large have dropped nearly 20% since … Read more
The president of the United Auto Workers union called on members to strike at dozens of facilities run by General Motors and Jeep parent company Stellantis on Friday, as the unprecedented work stoppage moved into its second week. Shawn Fain, the UAW president, told workers in a Facebook Live broadcast that Ford had made good … Read more
The United Auto Workers announced Friday that it would expand its strike at Ford and General Motors to include another 7,000 workers, increasing the total number of strikers at the “Big Three” automakers to 25,000. UAW President Shawn Fain told members in a Facebook Live broadcast that the union had “momentum” in discussions with Stellantis, … Read more
The United Auto Workers union said General Motors has agreed to put the company’s battery plant workers under the union’s national contract, calling it a major victory in the ongoing strike against the “Big Three” automakers. UAW President Shawn Fain said in a Facebook Live address to members Friday that GM had put the agreement … Read more
The United Auto Workers union announced Wednesday that its nearly four-week strike against the “Big Three” automakers was expanding to Ford’s truck plant in Kentucky. Roughly 8,700 union members work at the Louisville facility producing the company’s Super Duty trucks as well as the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. The walkout Wednesday marks the … Read more
The executive chairman of Ford Motor Company broke his silence on the monthlong auto workers strike on Monday and said the work stoppage could “devastate local communities” if it continues. Bill Ford, the great-grandson of Henry Ford and the company’s chairman since 1999, also criticized the United Auto Workers union for recently shutting down the … Read more
