UAW strike is now the longest in 25 years
The last time the union struck one of the automakers, with its 2019 strike at GM, the strike lasted 40 days. Wednesday is the 41st day of the strike that started on Sep. 15.
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The last time the union struck one of the automakers, with its 2019 strike at GM, the strike lasted 40 days. Wednesday is the 41st day of the strike that started on Sep. 15.
On Wednesday, both companies announced that after extensive studies and analysis, they're ditching the $5 billion effort.
The United Auto Workers union appears to be edging closer to a tentative contract agreement with Ford that would be critical to ending the union's 6-week-old strikes against the three major Detroit automakers, two people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.
Within two weeks, the United Auto Workers union has hit the most profitable plants at each of the Big Three.
Stellantis announced that 525 additional employees have been temporarily laid off due to the UAW's decision to strike another one of its plants this week.
The UAW has expanded its strike again, and called 5,000 members at one of General Motors' most profitable plants to join the strike.
General Motors is the first Michigan automaker to report earnings since thousands of autoworkers went on strike.
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.
As the strike enters the six-week mark, more than 40,000 UAW members are currently striking at Detroit's Big Three automakers.
The UAW's historic strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers is in its sixth week, and economic losses have surpassed $9.3 million, according to Anderson Economic Group, LLC.
An additional 67 employees at the Sterling Axle Plant have been laid off due to the ongoing UAW strike against Detroit's automakers.
Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit's automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain.
A man who flashed a gun at picketers Thursday night is no longer employed with his former trucking company.
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.
The union has been on strike against Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors since midnight on Sept. 15.
GM's latest offer calls for a reinstatement of the cost-of-living adjustment and a 25% compounded wage increase.
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.
We're 35 days into the UAW strike, and the union still has not reached a deal with any of Detroit's Big Three automakers.
As the UAW strike against the Big Three continues, Ford Motor Company announced 150 more layoffs at its Sterling Axle Plant.
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.
Ford Motor Company announced that 106 more employees at the Sterling Axle Plant have been laid off due to the UAW's historic strike against the Big Three automakers.
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.
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