About 1,100 workers at Ohio Jeep plant face layoffs
About 1,100 workers at the Stellantis Jeep factory in Toledo, Ohio, are facing layoffs early next year.
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About 1,100 workers at the Stellantis Jeep factory in Toledo, Ohio, are facing layoffs early next year.
Democrats once had a grip on blue-collar voters. Now, they must make their case to this key demographic that could play a decisive role in the election.
UAW president Shawn Fain alleged the former president and Tesla CEO illegally threatened workers during their X interview.
Last year striking workers won more generous contracts from the Big Three automakers, making up for pay cuts taken during the Great Recession, and marking a comeback for the labor movement.
UAW President Shawn Fain hails "groundbreaking" agreement with GM and says union is suspending its strike with the Detroit automakers.
The pact with Stellantis comes just days after the UAW struck a similar deal with Ford, leaving only GM without an agreement.
With the tentative deal reached with Ford, the UAW will now be able to use it to model similar contract settlements with GM and Stellantis.
Arlington Assembly in Texas is where GM workers produce the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and the Cadillac Escalade.
General Motors is the first Michigan automaker to report earnings since thousands of autoworkers went on strike.
Companies that supply auto parts to Detroit's Big Three have also laid off hundreds of employees in recent weeks.
UAW President Shawn Fain said 7,000 union workers in Chicago and Lansing, Michigan, will join the historic strike.
President Biden said the UAW "saved the auto industry back in 2008," and should reap the benefits of profits now.
"We're not messing around," Union chief Shawn Fain said in setting Friday deadline unless talks progress with Big Three automakers.
With UAW workers on strike, could it hit our region?
About 13,000 autoworkers walked off the job at midnight Friday.
The UAW is threatening to have many of its 140,000 members walk off the job at 11:59 p.m. unless Detroit's Big Three automakers and the union agree on new contracts.
Work stoppage at Detroit automakers could dent the car industry and dampen broader U.S. economic growth.
