UAW President Shawn Fain to provide strike update at 4 p.m. Friday
The union has been on strike against Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors since midnight on Sept. 15.
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The union has been on strike against Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors since midnight on Sept. 15.
Stellantis announced that it has pulled out of the LA Auto Show as the union continues to strike against the Detroit automakers.
Stellantis said 100 more workers have been laid off at the Toledo Machining Plant in Ohio as the United Auto Workers strike is near the end of week five.
The union, which represents more than 8,200 Stellantis workers in Canada, will begin contract negotiations on Wednesday, with a strike deadline set at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 29.
Going into this strike, auto suppliers were in a fragile state, recovering from supply chain issues from the pandemic and chip shortages.
The great-grandson of the company's founder made a plea to UAW leadership.
In order to apply continuous pressure on Ford, GM, and Stellantis, UAW leadership says strike expansions could now happen at any time with little notice.
As the UAW strike against the Detroit automakers continues, Stellantis has announced temporary layoffs for 700 additional employees.
No new strikes were announced today, but UAW President Shawn Fain said the union has entered a new phase and will no longer wait until Friday to announce strike expansions.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is set to give a bargaining update with Detroit's Big Three automakers at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 13.
Bargaining teams from the UAW and Stellantis met on Thursday. The Auburn Hills carmaker has already laid off hundreds of workers downriver at its Trenton engine plant due to the ongoing strike.
Although bargaining teams from the United Auto Workers and the Big Three are actively talking, those close to the discussions said Tuesday they are nowhere near a tentative agreement.
Companies that supply auto parts to Detroit's Big Three have also laid off hundreds of employees in recent weeks.
The automaker says the last day for 520 workers at the Trenton Engine Complex was Friday, Oct. 6.
The Anderson Economic Group estimates the first three weeks of the UAW strike have resulted in $5.5 billion in economic losses.
Three generations of Lynda Jackson's family have worked in Detroit's auto plants, and three generations have been union members.
UAW President Shawn Fain made an announcement on Friday, sharing the latest bargaining updates in the union's historic strike against the Big Three automakers.
Fain said General Motors has agreed in writing to place its electric battery plants under its national master agreement.
On Thursday, General Motors said it has presented a sixth offer to the union. Many of the details are being kept under wraps, but those close to the talks say there has been movement in a few key areas.
United Auto Workers strike is costing the automotive industry billions of dollars, but negotiations may have turned a corner.
Unifor's president says they are pushing for a pattern agreement to keep the Big Three automakers from "lowering our wages, cutting our work standards, or pitting workers against each other."
Meaningful progress has been made in the negotiations between the striking United Auto Workers union and Detroit's three auto companies.
Layoffs due to the United Auto Workers strike are stacking up. It comes as General Motors is now reviewing the latest counteroffer from the union.
Stellantis is recalling nearly 273,000 trucks in the U.S. because the radio software can stop the rear view camera image from being displayed.
The autoworkers' strike is now entering its third full week, and on Monday, we learned how much money the industry has lost so far because of it.
