Striking auto workers and Detroit companies appear to make progress in contract talks
Meaningful progress has been made in the negotiations between the striking United Auto Workers union and Detroit's three auto companies.
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Meaningful progress has been made in the negotiations between the striking United Auto Workers union and Detroit's three auto companies.
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks that covers about 4,000 workers in three states.
UAW President Shawn Fain said 7,000 union workers in Chicago and Lansing, Michigan, will join the historic strike.
The United Auto Workers strike against Detroit's big three automakers that spread to dozens of parts distribution centers one week ago may grow worse soon.
Unifor announced it has set a negotiation deadline with General Motors in Canada for 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 9.
Police say about five people were struck by a vehicle while picketing in the United Auto Workers strike outside a Flint-area General Motors plant and suffered minor injuries.
Former President Donald Trump will be in battleground Michigan working to win over blue-collar voters in the midst of an autoworkers' strike.
President Joe Biden's decision to stand alongside United Auto Workers pickets in Michigan during their strike against major carmakers underscores an allegiance to labor unions that appears to be unparalleled in presidential history.
Canadian auto workers say General Motors will be their next target after members ratified a new three-year labor contract with Ford.
Canadian autoworkers have ratified a new labor agreement with Ford Motor Co., averting a threatened strike.
Even after escalating its strike against Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union still has plenty of leverage in its effort to force the companies to agree to significant increases in pay and benefits.
With yet another deadline looming in contract talks between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Detroit's Big Three automakers, there are no signs that either side is budging to make a compromise.
When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit next week, he'll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a "disaster" for workers.
From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it's already been a big year for labor organizing — and behind several major showdowns with enormous companies are some of America's largest unions.
The union representing striking auto workers is describing its latest talks with Ford as reasonably productive.
About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn't reach a deal with Detroit's automakers.
About 13,000 U.S. auto workers have stopped making vehicles and headed for the picket lines.
Employees at three Ford, GM and Stellantis plants walked off the job Friday and more could join them soon, the UAW said.
With just over 24 hours left before a strike deadline, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain says offers from Detroit automakers aren't enough and the union is getting ready to strike.
Ahead of the UAW president's Facebook Live on Wednesday, Stellantis sent out an update saying they've made a second and now third counteroffer to the union since Monday.
The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden's treasured assertion he's the most pro-union president in U.S. history.
Leaders of the United Auto Workers union are considering targeted strikes at a small number of factories run by each of Detroit's three automakers if they can't reach contract agreements by a Thursday night deadline.
About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble.
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.
