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☆ UAW President Shawn Fain has 'thrown out the playbook' in strike talks: WSJ's Tim Higgins
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailUAW President Shawn Fain has 'thrown out the playbook' in strike talks: WSJ's Tim HigginsTim Higgins, Wall Street Journal reporter, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest in UAW strike, what to expect for the new round of strike at noon today, and more.

Persons: Shawn Fain, WSJ's Tim Higgins Tim Higgins Organizations: Wall Street Journal, UAW

☆ U.A.W. Widens Strikes at G.M. and Stellantis, but Cites Progress in Ford Talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Neal E. Boudette | More About Neal E. Boudette | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United Automobile Workers union on Friday significantly raised the pressure on General Motors and Stellantis, the parent of Jeep and Ram, by expanding its strike against the companies to include all the spare parts distribution centers of the two companies. Shawn Fain, the union’s president, said Friday that workers at 38 distribution centers, which provide parts to dealerships for repairs, at the two companies would walk off the job at noon. He said talks with two companies had not progressed significantly, contrasting them with Ford Motor, which he said had done more to meet the union’s demands. “We will shut down parts distribution centers until those two companies come to their senses and come to the bargaining table,” Mr. Fain said. distribution centers that employ a total of 3,475 workers, and 20 Stellantis centers with 2,150 U.A.W.

Persons: Shawn Fain, “, Mr, Fain Organizations: United Automobile Workers, General Motors, Jeep, Ford Motor

☆ UAW targets 38 facilities at GM and Stellantis for expanded strikes; skips Ford
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DETROIT – The United Auto Workers is expanding strikes to 38 parts and distribution locations across 20 states for General Motors and Stellantis , UAW President Shawn Fain said Friday morning. The union will not initiate additional strikes at Ford Motor , as the company has proven it's "serious about reaching a deal," Fain said during a Facebook Live. "We still have serious issues to work through, but we do want to recognize that Ford is showing that they're serious about reaching a deal," said the outspoken union leader. Fain said the union and Ford have made progress on issues including eliminating some wage tiers, reinstating cost-of-living adjustments and an improved profit-sharing formula. Ford said the company is "working diligently with the UAW to reach a deal," but "we still have significant gaps to close on the key economic issues."

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, Ford Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Stellantis, UAW, Ford Motor, Ford, GM

☆ Breakingviews: Carmakers will blink first in union standoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Jonathan Guilford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Michael Swensen Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Detroit will run out of road before its unions do. In 2019, when a UAW strike closed manufacturing at GM for 40 days, it reduced output by 300,000 vehicles and operating profit by $3.6 billion. The crux of negotiations probably will come down to wages, where Fain said Ford has budged, including the reinstatement of cost-of-living increases. With the UAW prepared to endure, Detroit will be pressured to blink. The union on Sept. 15 initiated targeted walkouts at three plants owned by the three Detroit vehicle manufacturers.

Persons: Sheila McGee, Michael Swensen, Shawn Fain, Fain, Ford, walkouts, Lauren Silva Laughlin, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam, Aditya Sriwatsav Organizations: Ford, UAW, REUTERS, Reuters, United Auto Workers, General Motors, GM, Ford Motor, Detroit, Thomson Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, U.S, Detroit, Wells

☆ Carmakers will blink first in union standoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Jonathan Guilford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

All three states lean heavily Republican in federal elections, yet Democrats currently control the governorship in two out of the three. As usual, we are rating these races on the following scale: Safe Republican, Likely Republican, Lean Republican, Toss-Up, Lean Democratic, Likely Democratic and Safe Democratic. The race moving in the Republican direction is Louisiana, which we’re shifting from Likely Republican to Safe Republican. But for now, we’ll keep it at Likely Republican. That may be in tune with Kentucky voters, who, despite the state’s Republican lean, rejected a 2022 ballot measure that would have enhanced the state’s ability to outlaw abortion.

Persons: There’s, Andy Beshear, Democrat John Bel Edwards, Republican Tate Reeves, Edwards, Jeff Landry, Shawn Wilson, Edwards –, Landry, Donald Trump, Stephen Waguespack, John Schroder, Sen, Sharon Hewitt, Hunter Lundy, Lundy, he’s, polluters, Wilson, Mason, Dixon, that’s, Republican Reeves isn’t, Brandon Presley, Phil Bryant, Brett Favre, Favre, Reeves hasn’t, drumbeat, Reeves, Democrat hasn’t, Jim Hood, Presley, Elvis Presley, Beshear, Steve Beshear, Daniel Cameron, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Kentuckians, Cameron, He’s, Trump Organizations: Republicans, Democrat, Republican, Lean Republican, Lean Democratic, Democratic, Safe Democratic, Safe Republican, Louisiana Safe Republican, Republican Party, Republican Governors Association, Mississippi, NFL, University of Southern, Public Service Commission, Kentucky Lean Democratic, Gov, Beshear, Kentucky, Democratic Governors Association Locations: Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, In Mississippi, Landry, Lundy, Brandon, Federal, University of Southern Mississippi, Cincinnati

☆ Automakers question UAW's strike motives after leaked 'chaos' messages
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain (center) marches with UAW members through downtown Detroit after a rally in support of the union's members as they strike the Big Three automakers, Detroit, Michigan, Sept. 15, 2023. DETROIT – Major automakers are calling into question the United Auto Workers' motives in launching targeted strikes in light of leaked messages by a union director calling to "keep them wounded for months." Ford communications chief Mark Truby said in a statement Friday the leaked messages are "disappointing, to say the least, given what is at stake for our employees, the companies and this region." In response to The Detroit News, Furman would not confirm writing the messages but according to the paper, called them "private messages" that "you shouldn't have." The leaked messages come as Fain on Friday announced additional plants the union plans to strike as part of its "stand-up strikes," a nod to historic "sit-down" strikes by the UAW in the 1930s.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Jonah Furman, Shawn Fain's, Motors, Mary Barra, Jim Farley, Mark Truby, Stellantis, Furman, Fain, Malcom X Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Big Three, DETROIT –, Twitter, CNBC, The Detroit, Ford Motor, Ford, Chrysler, Detroit News, Furman, Labor Locations: Detroit, Detroit , Michigan, Indiana

☆ UAW President Shawn Fain: GM, Stellantis made the decision for us to strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Phil Lebeau | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailUAW President Shawn Fain: GM, Stellantis made the decision for us to strikeCNBC's Phil LeBeau spoke to UAW President Shawn Fain on the ground in Michigan to discuss the ongoing auto strike.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Stellantis, Phil LeBeau Locations: Michigan

☆ United Auto Workers files labor complaint against Sen. Tim Scott for saying striking workers should be fired
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ranking member Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee on Capitol Hill on September 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. The United Auto Workers has filed a labor complaint against Sen. Tim Scott for saying workers should be fired for going on strike. The complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday accuses the South Carolina Republican's presidential campaign of interfering with workers' rights to engage in union activity under federal law. "Tim Scott threatened employees with adverse consequences if they engage in protected, concerted activity by publicly responding to a question about striking workers as follows: 'You strike, you're fired,'" UAW President Shawn Fain said in the complaint. "He said, 'You strike, you're fired.'

Persons: Sen, Tim Scott, Shawn Fain, Fain, Scott, Ronald Reagan Organizations: Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs, Capitol, United Auto Workers, National Labor Relations, South Carolina, UAW, CNBC, NBC News Locations: Washington ,, Fort Dodge , Iowa, America

☆ What fewer riders mean for NYC's subway
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Shawn Baldwin | Jeniece Pettitt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhat fewer riders mean for NYC's subwayRemote work has meant fewer riders on New York City's subway and a drop in fare revenue for the system's operator, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Fare evasion has taken its toll on the transit authority too, costing the MTA $690 million last year including $285 million on its subways.

Organizations: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Locations: New York

☆ Why NYC’s subway is struggling
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Shawn Baldwin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hybrid work has meant fewer riders on New York City's subway and a drop in fare revenue for the system's operator, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The number of paying weekday subway riders averaged 3.6 million in June, according to the MTA, compared with daily ridership of almost 5.5 million in 2019. Inflation and transit crime have also impacted subway ridership. The MTA is the operator of New York's more than 6,400 subway cars, more than 5,700 buses, two of the country's busiest commuter trains, and multiple bridges and tunnels. So when will New York City subway riders return in greater numbers?

Persons: Sarah Kaufman, New York University Rudin, they're Organizations: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York University, New York University Rudin Center for Transportation, New Locations: New York, New York City

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change. Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey's environmental protection commissioner, hesitates to use the word “mandate” in describing the state's plans. Many of the world's countries signed the Paris climate accords, obligating them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to certain levels. Anjuli Ramos, New Jersey director of the Sierra Club, agreed that meeting climate goals requires urgent action. A document released Tuesday said that by 2050, at least 90% of the state's residential and commercial buildings must be electrified to meet New Jersey's clean energy and climate goals.

Persons: Shawn LaTourette, ”, —, John Burzichelli, ” Ray Cantor, Rishi Sunak, Anjuli Ramos, “ It's, “, ‘ We’re, Wayne Parry Organizations: —, Democrat, New, New Jersey Business, Industry Association, British, Sierra Club, San Francisco and New, Twitter Locations: MIDDLETOWN, N.J, New Jersey, Shawn LaTourette ,, Jersey, California, Paris, China, India, U.S, Vermont, Rhode Island , Massachusetts , Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Anjuli Ramos , New Jersey, San Francisco and, San Francisco and New York City, www.twitter.com

☆ Where key issues stand as UAW closes in on extended strikes against GM, Ford and Stellantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Headline economic issues and benefits such as hourly pay, retirement benefits, cost-of-living adjustments, wage progression and work-life balance remain central to the discussions. Here's a general overview of where the union and companies stand on key issues. Wage tiers — putting autoworkers into distinct pay ranges or classifications — is a tricky, moving target. The companies and union have defined tiers differently during past negotiations as well as during the talks this year. UAW leaders are specifically concerned with vehicle production commitments at Stellantis, which has proposed closing, selling or consolidating 18 facilities.

Persons: Ryan Sullivan, Chris Sanders, Stone, Casey Miner, Kennedy R, Barbee, Stephen Brown, Sarah Rice, Shawn Fain, Mark Reuss, there's, wouldn't, GM Organizations: United Auto Workers, Jeep, Getty, DETROIT, Detroit, UAW, General Motors, Ford Motor, Union, Media, GM, Ford Locations: Toledo , Ohio, Michigan , Ohio, Missouri, Wells Fargo, Here's, Stellantis

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Christian McCaffrey scored a touchdown in his 12th straight game, Brock Purdy threw two TD passes and the San Francisco 49ers won their 13th straight regular season game, 30-12 over the New York Giants on Thursday night. The defense did the rest against the short-handed Giants (1-2), who fell behind by double digits at the half for the third time in three games this season. That matched Jerry Rice's franchise record with 12 straight games in the regular season or playoffs with a TD and is three shy of the NFL mark. They rallied to beat the Cardinals with a strong second half. Davidson (elbow) left in the second half.

Persons: — Christian McCaffrey, Brock Purdy, McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Saquon Barkley, Andrew Thomas, Ben Bredeson, Matt Breida's, Daniel Jones, Purdy, Ronnie Bell, Samuel, Jerry Rice's, Kittle, Bell, San Francisco, Trent Williams, York's A'Shawn Robinson, Aaron Banks, Williams, Robinson, Shaun Hochuli, Deonte Banks, Davidson, Brandon Aiyuk, Ambry Thomas, ___ Organizations: San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, Niners, Giants, Dallas, Arizona, Cardinals, Eagles, INACTIVES Giants, UP, Seattle Locations: SANTA CLARA, Calif, New York, San, Arizona

☆ Detroit Three under pressure to progress UAW talks, avoid wider auto strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Hyunjoo Jin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Striking United Auto Workers members picket outside the Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. September 19, 2023. The UAW last week launched unprecedented, simultaneous strikes at one assembly plant each of General Motors (GM.N), Ford (F.N) and Chrysler parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI). The city is home to Ford's Louisville assembly plant and its Kentucky truck plant. Ford CEO Jim Farley has previously said the Kentucky truck plant, which assembles F-Series trucks, is the company's most profitable plant globally. Fain has said Detroit automakers have not shared their huge profits with workers while enriching executives and investors.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Stellantis, Shawn Fain, We're, Jim Farley, Ram, Eikon, Fain, Mark Reuss, Reuss, Hyunjoo Jin, Jamie Freed Organizations: United Auto Workers, REUTERS, UAW, Detroit Three, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Wednesday, GM, GM's, Silverado, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Toyota, Tacoma, EV, Thomson Locations: Toledo , Ohio, U.S, furloughing, Louisville , Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, San Francisco

Talks continued between union representatives and company management on the sixth day of a coordinated walkout, a day after Ford (F.N) averted a strike by Canadian workers. The UAW launched a strike against Ford, General Motors (GM.N) and Stellantis last week, targeting one U.S. assembly plant at each company. UAW workers also want to end a tiered wage structure that they say has created a large gap between newer and older employees, forcing some to work two jobs to make ends meet. We’re serious about this,” said Victor Holloway, 24, of Westland, Michigan, who has worked at the Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, since 2021. U.S. President Joe Biden is wearing a red tie on Wednesday in solidarity with UAW workers, the White House said.

Persons: Mark Reuss, “ We’re, ”, Victor Holloway, Rebecca Cook, Stellantis, Ram, Reuters Graphics Ford, Unifor, Ford, Joe Biden, Biden, Shawn Fain's, David Shepardson, Joe White, Ben Klayman, Anirudh, Richard Chang, Will Dunham, Matthew Lewis, Deepa Babington Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Ford, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, UAW, General Motors, Ford Bronco, Chevrolet, Reuters, GM, REUTERS, GM's, Silverado, Reuters Graphics, Kokomo, RSM, Thomson Locations: Michigan , Ohio, Missouri, Chevrolet Colorado, Westland , Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, Fairfax , Kansas, Toledo , Ohio, U.S, Canada, Canadian, Ohio, Indiana, Kokomo , Indiana, Washington, Detroit, Bengaluru

☆ GM executive slams UAW over 'flow of misinformation,' rhetoric during strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The UAW opens auto contract negotiations with Stellantis today, Ford on July 14, and General Motors on July 18. "As the past has clearly shown, nobody wins in a strike," Reuss said in a Wednesday column in the Detroit Free Press. watch nowGM's last offer was made Sept. 14, ahead of the union initiating a "Stand Up Strike" at one assembly plant each for GM, Ford Motor and Stellantis. UAW President Shawn Fain said Monday the strikes will expand at noon Friday unless "serious progress" is made in negotiations. Late Monday, Ford released a lengthy statement fact-checking comments made by Fain, including auto worker wages, company profits and stock buybacks.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Bill Pugliano, Mark Reuss, Reuss, GM's, Wells Fargo's Colin Langan, Langan, Andrew Harrer, Ford, Fain, Jim Farley, He's, We've, Farley, CNBC's Phil LeBeau, he's Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, UAW, Ford, General Motors, Getty, DETROIT, Detroit automakers, General, Detroit Free Press, GM, Ford Motor, Stellantis, General Motors Co, Chevrolet Silverado, Auto, Bloomberg Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, Stellantis, Wentzville , Missouri, Wayne , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio, Detroit , Michigan

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - When the CEO gets a 40% raise, what do the workers deserve? UAW President Shawn Fain initially asked for a 40% increase in worker's pay over the next four years - a figure based off an approximately 40% increase in CEO pay at the companies over the last four years at a time of stable profits for two of the three automakers. CEO pay and benefits have skyrocketed in recent decades, but worker pay has not kept pace. As the strikes began last week, Biden echoed Fain, saying automakers should offer more of the share of their profits to workers. Attempts to address rising CEO pay in decades past have not had the intended effect, said Rosanna Landis Weaver, director of wage justice and CEO pay at As You Sow, a non-profit shareholder advocacy group.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Joe Biden's, Biden, Fain, Rosanna Landis Weaver, Heather Timmons, David Gaffen, Jamie Freed Organizations: United Auto Workers, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, UAW, U.S, Economic, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Big Three, Thomson Locations: Ohio, Michigan, U.S

☆ Ford avoids Canadian auto strike with Unifor union deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Lana Payne speaks to delegates after being elected as president of UNIFOR, Canada's largest private sector union, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Aug. 10, 2022. The Canadian tentative agreement was reached on day five of the United Auto Workers union initiating targeted strikes against Ford and its crosstown rivals General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis . DETROIT – Ford Motor avoided having to face labor strikes on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border Tuesday night, as the automaker and Canadian union Unifor announced a tentative deal covering 5,600 autoworkers in the country's Ontario providence. Unifor, which represents 18,000 Canadian workers at the Detroit automakers, took a more traditional approach to its negotiations than its U.S. counterpart did. The Canadian union picked Ford as its "target" company instead of following the UAW's new strategy of bargaining with all three automakers.

Persons: Lana Payne, UNIFOR, Unifor, Ford, Shawn Fain Organizations: Metro Toronto Convention, Plant, Ford Edge, Lincoln Nautilus, Ford, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Chrysler, Detroit, Ford Motor, U.S ., Detroit automakers, U.S, GM, UAW Locations: Oakville, Unifor, DETROIT, U.S, Canada, Ontario, autoworkers, Wentzville , Missouri, Wayne , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans, who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the state and they were “duly elected and qualified” electors, are set to argue Wednesday that criminal charges against them should be moved from state to federal court. Shafer, Still and Latham have all indicated in court filings that they will not be present in court for the hearing. If their cases are moved to federal court, a jury would be drawn from a broader and potentially less Democratic pool than in Fulton County alone. Prosecutors allege that Shafer, Still, Latham — and the other Georgia Republicans who participated in that plan — “falsely impersonated” electors. They argued in court filings that “contingent electors” are not presidential electors — either the contingency is met and they become presidential electors or it is not met and the losing candidate's electors have no role.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, David Shafer, Shawn Still, Cathy Latham, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Steve Jones, Shafer, Latham, Jones, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, he’s, Latham —, — “, ”, Republican Richard Nixon, Democrat John F, Kennedy, Nixon, uncertified, Still, Fani Willis, — Organizations: ATLANTA, —, Georgia Republicans, Republican, Democrat, U.S, District, Fulton County Superior Court, Trump White House, U.S . Justice, Trump, Electoral, Georgia Capitol, U.S . Senate, National Archives, Prosecutors, Capitol, Georgia Republican Party, Coffee County Republican Party, Republican Party, Constitution, Act Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta, Hawaii, Atlanta’s suburbs, U.S, Coffee County

☆ Stellantis and GM furlough dozens of workers, warns hundreds more could come as strike continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

More layoffs are anticipated at Kokomo Transmission and Kokomo Casting in Kokomo, Indiana, impacting an additional 300 employees there, the company said. Ford and General Motors already laid off or warned of idling employees at two of their plants because of the targeted strikes. General Motors idled 2,000 employees at the company’s Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas due to the UAW’s targeted strike on its Wentzville Assembly Plant in Missouri, the company announced Wednesday. Due to the specific circumstances of this situation, impacted employees are not eligible for company-provided SUB-pay,” the company said in a statement. GM said it continues to bargain in good faith and is scheduled to be at the main bargaining table with the UAW today.

Persons: Stellantis, Stellantis . Ford, Fairfax, Shawn Fain Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, Kokomo, Stellantis, General Motors, Ford’s Michigan Assembly, Fairfax Assembly Plant, GM, UAW Locations: Toledo, Perrysburg , Ohio, Kokomo , Indiana, Wayne , Michigan, Fairfax, Kansas, Wentzville, Missouri, Kansas City

A judge vacated the felony murder convictions in 2020, after testing found the towel was free of blood. The two men filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against Lee, eight police investigators and the town of New Milford. U.S. District Court Judge Victor Bolden ruled in July that there was no evidence Lee ever conducted any blood tests on the towel, and a summary judgement was issued against him. Under the settlement, which must still be approved by the General Assembly, Birch and Henning would each receive $12.6 million, Attorney General William Tong's office said. Simpson murder trial, in which he questioned the handling of blood evidence.

Persons: —, Henry Lee, Ralph “ Ricky ” Birch, Shawn Henning, Everett Carr, Lee, Victor Bolden, Birch, Henning, William Tong's, Lee . Lee, ”, Blood, Henry C, Simpson, JonBenet, Scott Peterson, Laci, Phil Spector, Spector Organizations: General, University of New, Lee, of Criminal, Forensic Sciences Locations: HARTFORD, Conn, New Milford, Hartford, New Milford . U.S, Birch, JonBenet Ramsey, Colorado

☆ Auto jobs are booming in the union-hostile South
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Looming over the United Auto Workers strike: Automakers’ continued migration to the anti-union South. Jobs at nonunion EV battery facilities pay less than the roughly $32 an hour that veteran UAW workers make. Since 1990, the South’s share of auto jobs has doubled from around 15% to 30% today, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Mostly nonunion EV jobs and manufacturing investments are surging in Southern states led by Republicans. The South has picked up 66% of planned EV jobs, while projects in Midwestern states such as Michigan, Indiana, Kansas and Ohio have combined for 26% of planned jobs, according to S&P Global.

Persons: ’, Ford, nonunion autoworkers, ”, Stephen Silvia, Southern, Mason, Honda, Deni McIntyre, unionize, “ It’s, Nelson Lichtenstein, Jeffrey Greenberg, Lichtenstein, Bill Lee, Nikki Haley, Houston Cofield, Biden, Biden’s, Shawn Fain Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Volvo, Benz, BMW, Toyota, Hyundai, American University, Southern Gamble, Workers, Foreign, Ford, GM, Dixon, Midwest, UAW, EV, P Global Market Intelligence, Nissan, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Kia, CNN, University of California, Clinton Presidency, Universal, Southern Republican, South . Tennessee Gov, Former South Carolina Gov, Republicans, North Carolina –, Environmental Defense Fund, P Global, Ford Motor Co, SK Innovation Co, Bloomberg, Getty, Big Three Locations: New York, Detroit, Smyrna , Tennessee, Spartanburg , South Carolina, Vance , Alabama, Lincoln , Alabama, Germany, Santa Barbara, Clinton, Korean, United States, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, South, Chattanooga, Southern, – Georgia, South Carolina , Kentucky, North Carolina, Midwest . Georgia, Michigan, Indiana , Kansas, Ohio, Stanton , Tennessee, BlueOval

Stellantis provided a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough by giving the union a new contract proposal. It was not clear whether the Stellantis offer would satisfy union President Shawn Fain, who vows to announce new strike targets on Friday unless there is “serious progress” toward agreements with GM, Stellantis and Ford. So far UAW workers are striking at just three factories — one for each company, including a GM assembly plant near St. Louis. The workers are covered under a different contract than those that UAW is negotiating with the three big automakers. If ratified, it would cover more than 5,000 workers and provide a model for similar deals at GM and Stellantis operations in Canada.

Persons: Stellantis, Shawn Fain, Louis Organizations: Motors, Stellantis, United Auto Workers, GM, Ford, UAW, Chrysler, Dodge, Canadian Locations: St, Kansas, Louis, Ohio, Indiana, Toledo , Ohio, Alabama, Canada

☆ GM and Stellantis just laid off more than 2,000 additional workers because of the UAW's strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( John Rosevear | In Jrosevear | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

General Motors and Stellantis said they have laid off additional workers because of consequences related to the United Auto Workers strike. The plants make parts for Jeep vehicles built at the automaker's Toledo Assembly Complex, where workers are also on strike. GM's Fairfax Assembly plant builds the Chevrolet Malibu sedan and Cadillac XT4 crossover. "We have said repeatedly that nobody wins in a strike," GM said in a statement. Nearly 13,000 GM, Ford and Stellantis workers are on strike at the Wentzville, Toledo and Wayne plants.

Persons: Stellantis, Fairfax, Shawn Fain Organizations: Motors, United Auto Workers, GM, automaker's, UAW, Ford Motor, Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Locations: Fairfax , Kansas, Wentzville , Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, automaker's Toledo, Toledo, Wayne , Michigan, Detroit, Fairfax, Wayne

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