Union chief Shawn Fain said he’s changing things up. He noted the Detroit Three automakers were “gaming” the times he was announcing the next round of stand-up strikes, and submitting new offers just before he plan to reveal them. So, he’s going to Plan B: surprise announcements. Find out more at Headlight.News.
UAW President Shawn Fain broke his pattern of announcing expansions of the union’s stand-up strikes on Fridays when he sent workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant to the picket lines Wednesday after Ford’s latest offer wasn’t significantly better from its previous ones. Find out more at Headlight.News.
Just over 12 hours after walking off the job, Unifor reached a tentative deal with General Motors, the second of the three automakers the union is negotiating with. The two sides couldn’t get it done yesterday, and 4,300 workers then walked off their posts. Details at Headlight.News.
More than 4,300 members of Unifor went on strike against General Motors early Tuesday after negotiators for the two sides couldn’t reach a tentative labor agreement in Canada. Find what’s got them walking the picket line at Headlight.News.
Workers at Mack Trucks overwhelmingly rejected a tentative agreement on Sunday and walked off the job Monday. A statement by UAW President Shawn Fain said union negotiators are “committed to exploring all options” for a better settlement. The walkout at Mack comes as...
Three weeks in, the UAW strike already cost the U.S. at least $4 billion, according to analysts. However, that number’s likely to rise given the lengthy list of demands from the union, could be described as “back to the future.” Find out why at Headlight.News.
As the number of strikers rises so too does the number of layoffs. When workers walk, they end up impacting other plants, which end up shutting down. With no work for workers, they get laid off. Despite the downside, the UAW says the public is with them. Find out more at Headlight.News.
Ford CEO Jim Farley and UAW President Shawn Fain are pointing fingers at one another as the strike by hourly workers continues, in part, due to potential job losses resulting from the shift to electric vehicles. Read the story at Headlight.News.
Unsurprisingly UAW President Shawn Fain announced plans to send more workers at GM and Ford to the picket lines at noon Friday. Stellantis was spared another round of walkouts due to some last-minute progress in talks before the announcement made on social media. Get details at Headlight.News.
The UAW is contemplating an expansion of its ongoing strike. Union chief Shawn Fain will reveal what the organization will do next or if the talks with the Detroit automakers are on the upswing. Get details at Headlight.News.
Joe Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to join a picket line when he accepted UAW chief Shawn Fain’s invitation to come to metro Detroit and address striking union workers and march with them. Get the story at Headlight.News.
As all involved dig in for what’s become an increasingly contentious struggle over a new labor contract, the United Auto Workers expanded its “Stand-Up” strikes to include 38 parts distribution warehouses belonging to General Motors and Stellantis — while sparing Ford Motor Co. Details at Headlight.News.