United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike
The union struck a four-year agreement with the German company on Friday evening, just before the expiration of the previous contract.
The union struck a four-year agreement with the German company on Friday evening, just before the expiration of the previous contract.
Last year striking workers won more generous contracts from the Big Three automakers, making up for pay cuts taken during the Great Recession, and marking a comeback for the labor movement.
The three automakers are breaking the law and want workers to "sit down and shut up," United Auto Workers union chief Shawn Fain said.
Workers at some Ford, GM and Stellantis plants are opposing the UAW's tentative agreement. "This is not a clean sweep," one. labor expert said.
UAW President Shawn Fain hails "groundbreaking" agreement with GM and says union is suspending its strike with the Detroit automakers.
The pact with Stellantis comes just days after the UAW struck a similar deal with Ford, leaving only GM without an agreement.
The pressure is now on General Motors and Stellantis to reach similar deals, labor experts said.
With the tentative deal reached with Ford, the UAW will now be able to use it to model similar contract settlements with GM and Stellantis.
Arlington Assembly in Texas is where GM workers produce the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and the Cadillac Escalade.
Stellantis workers walked off the job at Sterling Heights Assembly, the company's largest and most profitable plant.
This should be "Ford and the UAW versus Toyota, Honda and Tesla — and all the Chinese companies that want to enter our home market," Bob Ford said.
UAW President Shawn Fain said striking autoworkers are "winning" by securing key concessions from Ford, GM and Stellantis.
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UAW President Shawn Fain said 7,000 union workers in Chicago and Lansing, Michigan, will join the historic strike.
President Biden said the UAW "saved the auto industry back in 2008," and should reap the benefits of profits now.
United Auto Workers chief Shawn Fain said the strike would expand to 38 GM and Stellantis parts distribution centers, but highlighted progress with Ford.
UAW leaders point to large increase in CEO salaries as proof Detroit's Big Three can afford to pay workers more.
"We're not messing around," Union chief Shawn Fain said in setting Friday deadline unless talks progress with Big Three automakers.
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said the union is rejecting a 21% pay increase offered by one of the Big Three automakers.
Workers face tension over wages and a frantic pace of work, said a veteran of the automaker's assembly factory in suburban Detroit.
The UAW is threatening to have many of its 140,000 members walk off the job at 11:59 p.m. unless Detroit's Big Three automakers and the union agree on new contracts.
Work stoppage at Detroit automakers could dent the car industry and dampen broader U.S. economic growth.
The automakers, which are making billions in profits, have dismissed union's desired 46% pay raise, 32-hour workweek and pensions as "unrealistic."
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For the first time, the classic tale has been reimagined to tell the story of "Bobbie" through the eyes of a woman.
Both directions of Interstate 70 are closed in the western part of the Denver metro area after a crash involving a tanker truck that ignited a fire and one person was killed. There are miles of traffic backups in both directions.
Police in Parker released a sketch of an attempted abduction suspect wanted in an incident that occurred just before 8 a.m. on May 8.
An Arapahoe County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspect who was holding a female hostage at gunpoint against her will.
Save the Aurora Reservoir (STAR) asked the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) to hold a public meeting Thursday evening so neighbors can express their opinions about the project.
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Some students at Northfield High School are focusing on respect and working together and believe the world will be a better place if everyone can do the same.
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Police in Parker released a sketch of an attempted abduction suspect wanted in an incident that occurred just before 8 a.m. on May 8.
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The Denver Broncos 2024 preseason and regular season schedules have been released.
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Richard Brendan Globensky pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting he stole green jackets awarded to golf legends Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, and Gene Sarazen.
The three-time Super Bowl champion also quoted from Taylor Swift's song "Bejeweled" while addressing the graduates.
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Xi Jinping welcomes Vladimir Putin to Beijing - talking peace in Ukraine amid a backdrop of war and growing tension with the U.S. and NATO.
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Xi Jinping welcomes Vladimir Putin to Beijing - talking peace in Ukraine amid a backdrop of war and growing tension with the U.S. and NATO.
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The president and vice president are required to file public financial reports.
The U.S. military says it's installed the temporary pier that will be used to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza, and trucks carrying the aid should begin "moving ashore in the coming days."
Some of the new sanctions are being taken to address "significant concern" about the Nicaraguan government's "continued repression" of the Nicaraguan people.
Since its founding in 2021, young people in 63 Colorado counties have taken part in 47,000 therapy sessions.
A new study finds hospitals with a higher share of women surgeons and and anesthetists shave better patient outcomes.
Experts call for better drug testing procedures as more states legalize marijuana and societal norms change.
Administrators at AdventHealth hospital in Littleton have acknowledged recently discovering cremains in their facility from more than two dozen miscarriages that hospital officials say they will now bury in a cemetery.
Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.
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Ransomware attack targeted a Nissan virtual private network, the automaker's U.S. subsidiary said.
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From blazers to shoes, women of all shapes and sizes enjoyed a free shopping spree. Some were even able to get a makeover.
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