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...As the strike called by the United Auto Workers union enters its second week, the sector is enjoying a boom that strengthens the union’s hand in negotiations....
...The contracts are “game-changers, not only for UAW workers, but for all workers in America”, Biden told the crowd. “You’re changing the face of the country economically.”...
...“These historic union victories are not only improving the lives of union members, but that is beginning to spill over into the lives of non-union workers in America as well,” he said....
...To settle the United Auto Workers’ strike in November last year, GM, Ford and Stellantis (formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA in 2021) have agreed to offer a pay rise to UAW workers of 25 per cent...
...The deal is a significant victory for the union and includes a 25 per cent base pay raise through April of 2028, cost-of-living increases, plus bigger increases for starting and temporary workers....
...The United Auto Workers and Ford reached a tentative deal on Wednesday night that would raise union members’ wages 25 per cent over the four-year agreement, following a sweeping 40-day strike against the...
...Members of the United Auto Workers union are planning to expand their strike against Detroit carmakers on Friday unless there is “serious progress” at the bargaining table in the dispute over pay, its leader...
...Goldman Sachs says the United Auto Workers strike is just one — and possibly the smallest — of three nasty “potholes” that US economic growth faces next quarter....
...The move on Friday will increase the number of striking workers from 18,000 to 25,000, about 17 per cent of the union’s membership at the three carmakers....
...The president of the United Auto Workers turned biblical when addressing thousands of union members last week, urging them to have faith as they prepared to go on strike against Detroit’s carmakers....
...Pressure on Biden to make the stop in Michigan had been mounting in recent days after Shawn Fain, the leader of the United Auto Workers, had invited the president to join the striking workers....
...The United Auto Workers union has shut down just three of Detroit carmakers’ roughly 70 factories or parts distribution centres across the US — a seemingly minimalist tactic the UAW believes will maximise...
...“There was once a time when a union job in the automobile industry was the gold standard for the working class in America,” he said. “Well, we are determined to bring those days back again.”...
...Sara, you did a lot of work with Shawn Fain and the auto workers’ union (UAW) during their strike....
...It is the first time that the UAW has simultaneously targeted all three of the carmakers that dominate Detroit — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — as the union seeks higher pay for workers at a time...
...The move comes as members of the United Auto Workers union continue to strike at the three major US carmakers, including Ford....
...As of last Friday, the United Auto Workers of America, which represents roughly 40 per cent of all industry employees in the US, is taking on the “big three” car manufacturers: GM, Ford and Stellantis (formerly...
...Higher financing costs come as the United Auto Workers union enters its fourth week of a strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the three big Detroit carmakers....
...Analysts and officials believe that is likely to change, though — particularly following the bruising United Auto Workers strike that has stretched on for weeks....
...At a north-east Ohio factory, 710 workers cast ballots in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board asking for the United Auto Workers to represent them....
...The trade unions, including United Auto Workers, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Steelworkers, backed by AFL-CIO, have all written to the White House demanding that...
...Look at the historic and increasingly bipartisan support for labour unions in the US, and a lot of the new asks that the United Auto Workers leadership is making at the bargaining table....
...“Those at the top of the supply chain have incredible power and resources,” argues worker rights advocate Cathy Feingold, director of the international department at AFL-CIO, the US’s largest trade union...
...Another $4,500 of tax credits are available for purchasing electric cars made with union labour....
...The United Auto Workers, one of the most powerful unions in the US, on Monday agreed to a wide-ranging settlement with the Department of Justice designed to clean up the organisation after a multiyear corruption...
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