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☆ Labor unions, with power and popularity rising, are still trailing on one big battle
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Natalie Rose Goldberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

High-profile strikes by writers and actors against Hollywood brought the union power to the mainstream as pictures of celebrities holding picket signs flooded social media. But one big win continues to elude labor: the need to translate its rising popularity into an increase in rank-and-file union membership, which has stagnated in recent decades. It's not a lack of support from the public that's holding unions back from making more progress in growing their ranks. Even before the big wins of 2023, polling conducted in recent years showed rising union popularity, with support at its highest level since 1965, according to 2022 data from Gallup. 'The Great Reset'In 2023, it was a banner year for American workers who support the labor movement.

Persons: Biden, —, Heidi Shierholz, I've, Thomas Kochan Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Local, Chrysler Corporate, Division, Hollywood, UPS, Teamsters, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Union, Economic Policy Institute, Gallup, AFL, CIO, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cornell, ILR, SAG, Writers Guild of America Locations: Ontario , California, American, Michigan, America

☆ GM and Ford will answer to Wall Street and the UAW with third-quarter earnings this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

General Motors and Ford Motor report third-quarter earnings and future guidance this week amid ongoing strikes and contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesThe UAW has consistently used earnings reports and commentary from executives, including GM CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Jim Farley, to promote its efforts and collective bargaining. "If GM, Ford and Stellantis are still very profitable for the third quarter, [UAW's] going to claim that, 'They're being too cheap in bargaining, and they should give us more.'" GM has said the work stoppage cost it roughly $200 million in lost production in September. UAW impactJPMorgan estimates strike costs amounted to $145 million at Ford and $191 million at GM in terms of earnings before interest and taxes during the third quarter.

Persons: Jim Farley, Ford, Mary Barra, Patrick T, Fallon, Wheaton, Ford —, Shawn Fain, Wolfe, Rod Lache, Lache, EVs Organizations: General Motors Reuters, General Motors DETROIT, Motors, Ford Motor, United Auto Workers, GM, Ford, LSEG, UAW, Stellantis, Local, Chrysler Corporate, Division, AFP, Getty, Worker Institute, Cornell University, Ford Expedition, Lincoln, Detroit, Detroit automakers Locations: Ontario , California, Kentucky

☆ UAW again threatens to expand strikes at Detroit automakers if progress isn't made by Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union will announce expanded strikes at General Motors , Ford Motor and Stellantis plants if the sides don't make significant progress in negotiations by 10 a.m. The new union-imposed deadline comes a week after the UAW announced it would expand its initial Sept. 15 strikes at assembly plants of each of the Detroit automakers to 38 additional parts and distribution locations for GM and Stellantis. The UAW did not expand its strikes at Ford , citing progress in those talks. The strikes currently involve about 18,300 workers, or 12.5% of the UAW's 146,000 members whose labor contracts expired on Sept. 14. It's calling the work stoppages "stand-up strikes," a nod to historic "sit-down" strikes by the UAW in the 1930s.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Chrysler Corporate, Division, DETROIT –, General Motors, Ford Motor, Detroit automakers, GM, Ford Locations: Ontario , California

☆ Ford could face strike in Canada, adding to U.S. labor pressure
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ford Motor could face a strike in Canada if no agreement is reached by 11:59 p.m. Monday with the union representing about 5,600 Canadian auto workers, just days after workers at one of its U.S. plants went on strike. On Friday, the United Auto Workers union launched a targeted strike against Ford, General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis , targeting one assembly plant at each company. Canadian union Unifor, whose contract with Ford expires at 11:59 p.m. Monday, said "while we remain at the table the likelihood of a strike increases with each passing hour." Ford has two engine plants in Canada that build V-8 motors for F-series and Super Duty pickups assembled in the United States. Ford on Friday furloughed 600 workers who are not on strike at the Michigan Bronco plant because of the impact of the work stoppage.

Persons: Ford, Stellantis, Shawn Fain, Fain, Janet Yellen, Stellantis's Ram, BlueScope Steel Organizations: Ford, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Chrysler, UAW, Detroit automakers, Union, GM, Chrysler Corp, MSNBC, Ford Bronco, Chevrolet, Michigan Bronco, GM's, Silverado, BlueScope Locations: Canada, United States, Ontario, Kentucky, Dearborn , Michigan, Kansas City , Missouri, U.S, Auburn Hills , Michigan, Detroit, Michigan , Ohio, Missouri, Chevrolet Colorado, Kansas, North America

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