UAW strike brings potential discounts for car shoppers
Experts said now may actually be a great time to go car shopping at a discount.
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Experts said now may actually be a great time to go car shopping at a discount.
Workers told CBS News Detroit team leaders and utility workers spent the day inspecting equipment and stations at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant to make sure everything is in working order to jump-start production
For six weeks, thousands have been on the picket line as negotiations continue. As the strike reaches new levels, it'll impact workers 2023 tax year.
The UAW National Ford Council will be in Detroit on Sunday.
The picket line outside of the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne dissolved Wednesday as workers learned their strike was over after 41 days.
On Wednesday, both companies announced that after extensive studies and analysis, they're ditching the $5 billion effort.
Within two weeks, the United Auto Workers union has hit the most profitable plants at each of the Big Three.
Some striking UAW workers are feeling the financial strain of weeks without work. For those who can't get by on the $ 500-a-week strike pay, many are turning to loans specifically made for striking workers.
In the past couple of weeks, striking workers outside the Stellantis Parts Distribution Center on Sherwood Avenue have had to deal with people yelling profanities and throwing stuff at them, but no one has brandished a weapon until now.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said the union has received offers from two of Detroit's three major automakers in the last 24 hours, but there's still more work needing to be done with all three companies.
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.
As the UAW strike against the Big Three continues, Ford Motor Company announced 150 more layoffs at its Sterling Axle Plant.
Some casinos have already closed their valet service to cope with fewer employees and said patrons should expect disruptions in their restaurants as well.
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.
Roughly 3,700 workers at Detroit's three casinos walked off the job Tuesday after a union contract expired.
Going into this strike, auto suppliers were in a fragile state, recovering from supply chain issues from the pandemic and chip shortages.
More than 3,000 workers from the city's three casinos will walk off the job unless a new contract is reached.
Ford is laying off about 700 workers who built the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs, this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.
The great-grandson of the company's founder made a plea to UAW leadership.
As the historic UAW strike against the Detroit automakers has entered its fifth week, economic losses from the strike have reached $7.7 billion, according to the Anderson Economic Group LLC.
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.
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.
