September 26, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, September 26, 2019) DETROIT — The United Auto Workers implied Wednesday that union negotiators are prepared to bargain around the clock with General Motors Co., signaling that a tentative agreement could be coming soon. Full story: Detroit...
September 25, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit Free Press, September 24, 2019) DETROIT — The UAW’s strike against General Motors is in its ninth day as bargainers resumed meeting about 8 a.m. Tuesday. About half a dozen key issues remain in play, but none appears to be more contentious than...
September 24, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, September 23, 2019) DETROIT — General Motors Co. has laid off another 1,200 workers in the U.S. and Canada as a national strike by the United Auto Workers entered its second week. The automaker confirmed Monday that the temporary layoffs it had...
September 23, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit Free Press, September 22, 2019) DETROIT — A sticking point in General Motors negotiations with the UAW involves profit sharing, and a person familiar with GM’s proposal said it falls short of union demands. Full story: Detroit Free...
September 19, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, September 18, 2019) DETROIT — The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co. has started to slow the automaker’s production outside of the U.S. — and at least one local trucking company is also starting to feel the pinch. Full...
September 18, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: Freight Waves, September 17, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The halt in vehicle production at General Motors plants on Sept. 16 over a labor dispute is expected to have ripple effects throughout the automakers’ supply chain, but experts say the severity of any...
September 18, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Reuters, September 17, 2019) BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — General Motors Co shifted health insurance costs for its striking workers to the United Auto Workers union as its members walked the picket line for the second day on Tuesday. Full story:...
September 17, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Wired.com, September 17, 2019) NEW YORK — When United Automobile Workers members walked off the job at 33 General Motors sites around the US on Sunday morning, perhaps the most … striking detail was that they only numbered 46,000. The last time the UAW’s GM...
September 17, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: CNBC, September 16, 2019) DETROIT — The music and chants from outside a General Motors assembly plant at midnight Monday could be heard from several blocks away as United Auto Workers members picketed the plant. Full story: CNBC
September 16, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 15, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa about the United Auto Workers’ (UAW’s) decision to strike at General Motors (GM) tonight....
