Automaker Stellantis makes counteroffer to United Auto Workers
Automaker Stellantis has made a counteroffer to the United Auto Workers that includes wage increases in each year of a new four-year contract totaling 14.5%.
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Automaker Stellantis has made a counteroffer to the United Auto Workers that includes wage increases in each year of a new four-year contract totaling 14.5%.
The head of the United Auto Workers warned that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn't reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week.
The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people.
A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions.
The results are in, and 97% of workers at Stellantis, General Motors, and Ford are ready to walk off the job if a contract agreement isn't reached next month.
Practice picketing took place in Detroit outside of the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit as a union vote to authorize a strike is set to conclude on Thursday.
In less than 24 hours, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union will know how many members are willing to strike if contract talks fail with the Big Three next month.
A Macomb United Auto Workers member is looking to launch a social media network exclusively for union members.
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UAW President Shawn Fain told CBS News Detroit they held a strike conference Thursday morning, and members are fired up and ready to do what they must to get their fair share of this next contract.
Ford has just unveiled the 800-horsepower Ford Mustang GTD which will be available in late 2024 or early 2025 at a starting price around $300,000.
The decision to strike will be made after votes are reported on Aug. 24.
About 146,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will vote next week on authorizing their leaders to call strikes against the Detroit automakers.
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An event preview was held Friday at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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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 White House is closely monitoring the upcoming labor talks in the US auto industry, negotiations that could put it at odds with the traditional support of a major union.
The new president of the United Auto Workers gave his strongest warning yet Friday that the union is preparing for strikes against Detroit's three automakers.
The fine comes after the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy's Air Quality Division investigated an odor complaint on May 9.
A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a decades-old water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the already financially struggling city.
More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel.
