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☆ Ford lays off another 150 workers citing UAW strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers picket outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 18 (Reuters) - Ford Motor (F.N) said late on Wednesday it is laying off another 150 workers in Michigan because of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike, bringing the total to 2,730 workers furloughed. Ford said the UAW's walkout last week at its Kentucky Truck Plant prompted the new layoffs at a Michigan axle plant. Another 16,600 Ford employees are on strike at three assembly plants, including Kentucky Truck, the company's largest plant worldwide. The targeted strike against the Detroit Three automakers Ford, General Motors (GM.N) and Chrysler-parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI) began on Sept. 15.

Persons: Nalio Chery, Ford, David Shepardson, Muralikumar Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Ford Michigan Assembly Plant, REUTERS, Ford, Plant, Kentucky, Detroit Three, General Motors, Chrysler, Thomson Locations: Wayne , Michigan, U.S, Dieu, Michigan

[1/2]Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers picket outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 23, 2023. Workers went on strike on Sept. 15 at one plant each from GM, Ford and Stellantis. The union escalated on Sept. 22, when workers walked off the job at GM and Stellantis distribution facilities in 20 states nationwide. UAW workers also are threatening to walk off the job at heavy truck maker Mack Trucks on Sunday, and at three Detroit casinos. A UAW strike has shut down a plant that builds axles for Mercedes-Benz's Alabama vehicle factory.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, Stellantis, Mary Barra, Jim Farley, Farley, Joe Biden, Barra, Sam Fiorani, Ford, Nalio Chery, Arthur Wheaton, Mack Trucks, David Shepardson, Joseph White, Ben Klayman, Abhirup Roy, Bianca Flowers, Shivansh, Abhijith G, Peter Henderson, Nick Zieminski, David Gregorio, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: UAW, Lansing , Michigan Ford, GM, Ford, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Chrysler, Mack Trucks, AutoForecast Solutions, Ford Michigan Assembly Plant, REUTERS, Workers, Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, Traverse, Buick, Marshall, Cornell University, Mercedes, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Lansing , Michigan, DETROIT, Barra, Detroit, Wayne , Michigan, U.S, Dieu, Lansing, Michigan, Marshall , Michigan, Alabama

☆ UAW drops unfair labor practice charges against GM, Stellantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/3] Placards are seen as striking UAW workers picket outside a Stellantis facility in Center Line, Michigan, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery Acquire Licensing RightsSept 29 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers dropped unfair labor practice charges against General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis on Friday. The union had filed the charges on Aug. 31 with the National Labor Relations Board charging the automakers had refused to bargain in good faith, which both companies strongly denied. The UAW on Sept. 15 launched the first-ever simultaneous strike against the Detroit Three automakers and now has targeted 43 facilities covering about 25,000 out of about 150,000 hourly auto workers. The companies and UAW have exchanged numerous contract offers over the last month.

Persons: Chery, David Shepardson Organizations: REUTERS, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Chrysler, National Labor Relations Board, UAW, Detroit Three, Thomson Locations: Center Line, Michigan, U.S, Dieu

☆ UAW leader condemns Trump ahead of Michigan visit during union strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

United Auto Workers (UAW) President, Shawn Fain addresses picketing UAW members at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on September 26, 2023, as US President Joe Biden joined the workers. "President Trump will be in Michigan talking with union workers and ensuring American jobs are protected. "Our focus right now is 100% on getting a great agreement for our members," Fain told CNN. Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a rally in Warren, Michigan, U.S., October 1, 2022. But UAW members have previously attended and participated in Trump's events in Michigan.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Joe Biden, Jim Watson, Donald Trump, Trump's, Fain, Trump, Crooked Joe Biden, Steven Cheung, Biden, Joe, there's, Hilary Clinton, Melania, Michael Fabian, Rich Schmidt, Carlos Barria Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, General Motors Service, Operations, Afp, Getty, DETROIT, Republican, Drake Enterprises, CNN, Trump, Biden, General Motors, Ford Motor, Former U.S, Chery, Reutersm, EVs, GOP, Trump's, Democratic, Lordstown Motors, White Locations: Belleville , Michigan, Michigan, Detroit, Warren , Michigan, U.S, Dieu, Macomb County , Michigan, Ohio, Washington , U.S

Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers picket outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 23, 2023. Striking auto workers say they would like to see more support from elected officials as they push to get companies to share more of the profits. Republicans believe Biden's push to electrify America's vehicle fleet, by pumping billions of dollars of tax rebates into EV manufacturing, is unpopular with auto workers. In Michigan, Trump will criticize Biden's economic policies and incentives promoting EVs and say he would do a better job of protecting blue-collar workers if elected to a second term, Miller added. Biden's Michigan visit represents the most support a sitting president has shown striking workers since Theodore Roosevelt invited striking coal workers to the White House in 1902, historians said.

Persons: Nalio Chery, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Shawn Fain, Fain, Dave Urban, Brandon Cappelletty, Trump, Robert Bruno, Ronald Reagan, Jason Miller, Miller, Karen Finney, Finney, Theodore Roosevelt, Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw, Nathan Layne, David Shepardson, Heather Timmons, Jamie Freed Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Ford Michigan Assembly Plant, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Biden, Trump, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, University of Illinois, Michigan, EV, Democratic, White House, Thomson Locations: Wayne , Michigan, U.S, Dieu, Michigan, Wayne County , Michigan, Detroit, Toledo , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Biden's Michigan, Kansas City

Those charges center around a voting system breach in Coffee County, Georgia, a rural, Republican district that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020. Willis’ indictment describes the breach, and Powell’s alleged involvement, as central to the broader conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Powell has also been identified by CNN as one of Trump’s un-indicted co-conspirators listed in Smith’s federal election indictment. New details about Smith’s ongoing investigation indicate federal prosecutors are scrutinizing a series of voting breaches following the 2020 election that state investigators have been probing for more than a year. Network of operativesIn addition, special counsel prosecutors have also heard from other witnesses about efforts to breach voting equipment in other states.

Persons: Jack Smith, indicting Donald Trump, Smith, Joe Biden, Sidney Powell, Powell’s, Powell, Fani Willis, Willis ’, Smith’s, Donald Trump, Al Drago, Biden, ”, Hugo Chavez, Bernie Kerik, Kerik, Tim Parlatore, Parlatore, Mike Ryan, Bill Bachenberg, Ryan, Bachenberg, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman –, Jocelyn Benson, Benson, Stefanie Lambert, Nalio Chery, “, ” Benson, Lambert, Trump Organizations: Washington CNN, Trump, CNN, Biden, Republican, Republican National Committee, Bloomberg, Getty, The Coalition, Good Governance, Systems, Network, FBI, Smith’s, Michigan Michigan, Reuters, Pennsylvania, American, Pennsylvania Senate Locations: Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Atlanta, Coffee County , Georgia, Washington , DC, Republic, Coffee, Antrim County , Michigan, Coffee County, Detroit , Michigan, Dieu, Antrim County, Fulton County , Pennsylvania, Fulton County

☆ Little Haiti Residents Fear Losing Their ‘Home Away from Home’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Dieu-Nalio Chéry | Christina Morales | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In July 1973, the Haitian activist Viter Juste moved his family and his belongings in a U-Haul truck from Bushwick, Brooklyn, to a neighborhood in Miami-Dade County known as one of the earliest settlements in the area. Mr. Juste’s move — about a decade after he relocated to the United States — was the catalyst for a change in the neighborhood then known as Buena Vista. Thousands of others later migrated from Haiti and created a new community that Mr. Juste is credited for naming Little Haiti. Little Haiti’s proximity to the hippest restaurants, bars, shops and clubs in Miami is enticing for developers. And as much of Miami-Dade County endures torrents brought on by climate change, the neighborhood’s elevation — about 10 feet above sea level and in an area of minimal flood hazards — is particularly attractive.

Persons: Viter Juste, Juste’s, United States —, Juste Organizations: Little Locations: Haitian, Bushwick , Brooklyn, Miami, Dade, United States, Buena Vista, New York City, Haiti, Little Haiti

☆ Ohio police break up protest over no indictment in Jayland Walker killing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Demonstrators attend a protest held after a grand jury voted against indicting police officers in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man Jayland Walker, in Akron, Ohio, U.S. April 19, 2023. The mayor's office wrote on social media that police broke up the protest after it had been declared an "unlawful assembly." The protesters were venting anger over a grand jury's decision on Monday not to indict eight Akron police officers who shot Jayland Walker 46 times last June. Investigators have said that as he was driving, Walker fired at least one shot from a gun at police. The Walker family's legal team derided the grand jury's decision and said they would file a civil lawsuit against the city in June.

☆ Michigan State University shooter's motive a mystery
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Dieu-Nalio Chery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Police officers surround a scene where the suspect was located as they respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio CheryEAST LANSING, Mich., Feb 14 (Reuters) - A 43-year-old gunman killed three students and wounded five others at Michigan State University before an hours-long manhunt ended with the suspect's death from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said on Tuesday. The gunman was identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, said Chris Rozman, deputy chief of the Michigan State University police force, at the morning briefing. Details about the sequence of events remained sketchy, but Rozman said shots were fired in two locations - an academic building called Berkey Hall and the Michigan State University (MSU) Union building. Students, faculty and residents in the surrounding off-campus neighborhoods of East Lansing had been told by authorities to "shelter in place" during the manhunt.

[1/4] Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 13, 2023. Few official details about the gun violence were immediately available, but Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of the university police, said shots were fired in two locations - at an academic building called Berkey Hall and the Michigan State University (MSU) Union building. He also said the university was not aware of any threats made to the campus before Monday's bloodshed. Four classmates were killed and six students and a teacher were wounded in that attack, the deadliest U.S. school shooting that year. Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Twitter that she was being briefed on the East Lansing shooting.

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