Automotive industry expert discusses UAW's negotiations with the Big Three
Jeff Gilbert, automotive reporter for WWJ Newsradio 950, discusses the UAW's negotiations with the Big Three automakers.
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Jeff Gilbert, automotive reporter for WWJ Newsradio 950, discusses the UAW's negotiations with the Big Three automakers.
Negotiations between the Big 3 automakers and the UAW begin July 13. Many are expecting a hard fight on both sides. Brian Rothenberg, former UAW spokesperson, joined CBS News Detroit to discuss the negotiations.
The UAW opted out of the tradition of shaking auto executives hands ahead of negotiations and met with members instead.
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.
General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two manufacturing plants in Flint, Michigan in order to to prepare them for production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks.
The powerful United Auto Workers is holding off on endorsing President Joe Biden's reelection bid, citing concerns over his policies that would encourage a transition to electric vehicles, according to a memo from the union.
Stellantis says it's offering buyouts to groups of white-collar and unionized employees in the U.S., as well as hourly workers in Canada.
The new president of the United Auto Workers union isn't happy with Detroit's three automakers.
As electric vehicle production booms for the big three, the United Auto Workers union is looking for a change when it comes to its benefits.
The election pits the 57-year-old incumbent, Ray Curry, who started his career on the assembly line at a Freightliner truck plant in North Carolina, against Shawn Fain, 54, who began as an electrician at a Chrysler metal casting plant in Kokomo, Indiana.
More than 1,000 workers have been on strike at CNH plants in Iowa and Wisconsin for nearly nine months. On Jan. 7 they rejected the "last, best and final offer" from the maker of construction and agricultural equipment, and stayed on the picket lines.
Workers at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery factory in Ohio have voted to join the United Auto Workers union.
Members of the United Auto Workers union appeared on Thursday to favor replacing many of their current leaders in an election that stemmed from a federal bribery and embezzlement scandal involving former union officials.
