by dankeelan | Oct 31, 2024 | Automation, Shipping, Unions
U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with employers by a Jan. 15 deadline. The International...
by dankeelan | Jan 11, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Unions
Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year, a move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants. The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company...
by dankeelan | Oct 26, 2023 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Featured, Unions
After more than six weeks of walkouts, picketing, and fractured negotiations, the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Ford Motor Company have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. The deal, announced yesterday (Oct. 25) includes a roughly 25% pay...
by dankeelan | Oct 26, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing, Unions
A local Teamsters union in California said the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) responded “too little, too late” in deciding to suspend permits for some driverless vehicles. The California DMV announced the “immediate”...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2023 | Detroit, Unions, US Economy
Ford Motor Company announced about 400 workers in Metro Detroit have been laid off as a result of the United Auto Workers strike. The automaker says 350 workers at the Livonia Transmission Plant and 50 workers at the Sterling Axle Plant have been instructed...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2023 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Featured, Unions, US Economy
General Motors secured a new $6 billion line of credit as the automaker braces for additional strikes by the United Auto Workers union. “The facility that we announced today is a $6 billion line of credit that I think is prudent in light of some of the messages...
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