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☆ Analysis: A messy government shutdown is the last thing the economy needs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Against this precarious backdrop, Washington is on the verge of a messy shutdown of the federal government. A shutdown probably won’t wreck the economy, especially if it’s short. And if it a shutdown lasts long enough, it could, along with these other headwinds, do some real damage. The US Travel Association estimates the domestic travel economy would lose as much as $140 million a day from a government shutdown. “Uncertainty regarding federal operations will likely persist for the next few months.”Given all the other obstacles facing the economy, chaos in Washington is the last thing the economy needs.

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[1/4] Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers (UAW) speaks as U.S. President Joe Biden joins striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on the picket line outside the GM's Willow Run Distribution Center, in Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan, U.S., September 26, 2023. A union official confirmed the new proposal as talks remain active with Stellantis, General Motors (GM.N) and Ford Motor (F.N) in the strike's fourteenth day. UAW President Shawn Fain plans to disclose the union's next steps Friday at 10 a.m. Fain hosted U.S. President Joe Biden's historic visit to a union picket line on Tuesday. Stellantis last week indefinitely laid off more than 350 workers in Ohio and Indiana because of the strike impact.

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☆ There's real concern about where jobs will be in the future as technology changes: WSJ's Tim Higgins
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | 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 EmailThere's real concern about where jobs will be in the future as technology changes: WSJ's Tim HigginsTim Higgins, Wall Street Journal reporter, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest on the UAW strike negotiations after President Biden visited the picket line in Michigan on Tuesday, why concerns among union workers go beyond pay raises and work hours, and more.

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☆ 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.

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Those smaller suppliers have only recently recovered from the shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting global shortage of semiconductors. Now, they're coming under pressure to increase their own workers' wages — in an environment where higher interest rates have made it more costly to borrow money — and staring down the threat of ongoing auto workers' strikes. Members of the United Auto Workers union picket outside the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 26, 2023. Supplier layoffsIn the face of prolonged strikes, some smaller suppliers are already cutting workers or announcing plans to do so. Michael B. Thomas | Getty ImagesAs of Tuesday, two additional Detroit-area auto suppliers had already filed notices of potential layoffs with the state of Michigan.

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☆ 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

The union is pushing for higher wages, shorter work weeks and assurances from the country’s top automakers that new electric vehicle jobs will be unionized. The dueling appearances reflect what will likely be a chief dynamic of the 2024 general election, which is increasingly looking like a rematch between Trump and Biden. Trump has tried to capitalize on the strike to drive a wedge between Biden and union workers, a constituency that helped pave the way for the ex-president’s surprise 2016 victory. While Biden has not implemented an electric vehicle mandate, he has set a goal that half of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030. He’s set to hold a press conference to highlight Trump’s “false promises to blue collar and union workers in Michigan and across America.”___AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher in Van Buren Township, Michigan, contributed to this report.

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☆ Walter Isaacson: The UAW strike is about legacy automakers figuring out the transition to EVs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | 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 EmailWalter Isaacson: The UAW strike is about legacy automakers figuring out the transition to EVsWalter Isaacson, Elon Musk biographer and partner at Perella Weinberg, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the UAW strike, the impact of the strike on the auto industry at large, and more.

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☆ Trump seeks UAW endorsement while criticizing EVs, Biden in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an autoworker-focused campaign rally at auto supplier Drake Enterprises, on Sept. 27, 2023 in Clinton Township, Michigan. Trump, the front-runner among Republicans in the 2024 presidential race, many times encouraged the UAW to endorse him during the roughly hour-long speech. Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an autoworker-focused campaign rally at auto supplier Drake Enterprises, on Sept. 27, 2023 in Clinton Township, Michigan. The sides failed to reach tentative agreements by an 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14 expiration of contracts for 146,000 UAW members with the Detroit automakers. Currently, about 18,300 UAW members with the Detroit automakers are on strike, with the union warning of additional strikes without substantial progress in the talks by Friday.

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Those three struck plants are a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, a GM plant in Wentzville, Missouri and a Stellantis plant in Ohio. A week ago, Fain announced that there had been progress at Ford toward a settlement, and that it would not expand the strike there. But he said the lack of progress at GM and Stellatis meant that the union would expand the strike to 38 parts distribution centers at those two companies. The union had said from the start of the strike that was retaining the option to expand its walkout as a way of increasing pressure on the companies. If the strike does expand on Friday, where it expands will go a long way in determining how much economic pressure the union is putting on the company.

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☆ Trump skips debate to woo blue-collar workers in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 presidential campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. September 20, 2023. Biden on Tuesday joined a picket line outside Detroit with striking United Auto Workers union members, backing their call for a 40% pay raise. UAW President Shawn Fain called Biden's visit a "historic moment," and thanked him for his support. "Trump has very strong support from working class voters in Michigan and the auto industry as a whole." ELECTRIC VEHICLESIn Wednesday's speech, Trump will emphasize the negative impact of inflation on the livelihoods of blue-collar workers, Miller said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Joe Biden, Biden, Trump, Robert Bruno, Shawn Fain, Jason Miller, Miller, Michael Schostak, Nathan Layne, Joe White, Jason Lange, Colleen Jenkins, Timothy Gardner Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Detroit, Trump, Democratic, Michigan, University of Illinois, Republican Party, Tuesday, United Auto Workers, UAW, Drake Enterprises, General Motors, Michigan Republican Party, Thomson Locations: Dubuque , Iowa, U.S, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Detroit, Lordstown , Ohio, New York, Wilton , Connecticut, Washington

☆ Current UAW demands could increase EV prices up to $5,000 — and 'torpedo' Ford and GM's business model, analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe current demands from the United Auto Workers union in their labor talks with Ford, GM, and Stellantis could make electric vehicles even more expensive, one analyst said. Ives, a prominent Tesla bull, has said that CEO Elon Musk is poised to come out the winner in the contentious Detroit labor talks. Workers can't be left behind," UAW President Shawn Fain told reporters Tuesday after President Biden's visit to a GM picket line. "We're not against a green economy, but we're against a green economy and the workers get left behind.

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☆ This little-known maker of mountain bike parts has a history of outperforming during recessions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Fox Factory is known for making a wide range of products used in everything from bikes to off-road vehicles to trucks. "But at the same time, that's actually the consumer that's most resilient. The higher-income and enthusiastic consumer Analysts highlighted two qualities in Fox's consumer base that help the company weather a broader economic downturn. The company's "sticky" consumer base caught the attention of Motley Fool Asset Management's Shelby McFaddin, whose Small-Cap Growth ETF (TMFS) contains the stock. It's the largest competitor in the business of bike suspensions, which are typically used on mountain bikes to help mitigate rough terrain.

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The union did not elaborate ahead of a planned video address by UAW President Shawn Fain at 10 a.m. About 18,300 UAW members are on strike, but that is only about 12% of the total number of union members working at the three automakers. The UAW launched its walkouts on Sept. 15, its first simultaneous strikes at General Motors, Chrysler parent Stellantis and Ford. Analysts estimate GM, Ford and Stellantis earn as much as $15,000 per vehicle on each of their respective large pickup truck models. The UAW, which represents 46,000 workers at GM, 57,000 at Ford and 43,000 at Stellantis, began negotiations with the companies in July.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Joe Biden, Evelyn, Fain, Ford, Biden, Donald Trump, David Shepardson, Joseph White, Leslie Adler, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, REUTERS, Detroit, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, GM, Strikers, Democratic, Republican, Republican U.S, Trump, Biden, Thomson Locations: Belleville, Wayne County , Michigan, U.S, DETROIT, Detroit, Stellantis, Michigan

[1/8] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses auto workers as he skips the second GOP debate, in Clinton Township, Michigan, U.S., September 27, 2023. "Donald Trump is lying about President Biden's agenda to distract from his failed track record of trickle-down tax cuts, closed factories, and jobs outsourced to China," Biden's campaign said in a statement while Trump spoke. The UAW has to date not backed either presidential candidate, making it the only major union not to endorse Biden. The UAW leadership has welcomed Biden's support, however, and spoken about Trump and his record in scathing terms. Promising to end the government's EV push if elected, Trump urged the UAW to back him in the presidential race.

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☆ A rebound in memory chips is elevating Micron's performance, says KKM's Jeff Kilburg
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | 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 EmailA rebound in memory chips is elevating Micron's performance, says KKM's Jeff KilburgJeff Kilburg, KKM Financial founder and CEO, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss how the restriction on chips from China is impacting Micron, the UAW strike driving used car prices back up, and high bond yields reflecting a struggling equities market.

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☆ Trump claims to be pro-worker. His record says he’s anti-union
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump arrives in Michigan Wednesday with a lot more support among blue collar union members than a lot of Republican presidential candidates before him. The Trump Supreme Court also issued a devasting ruling against public sector unions, which represent almost as many union members as found at private businesses. The state gained 1,800 auto jobs from February 2021, Biden’s first month in office, through February of this year. And Trump urged UAW members to stop paying their union dues. They’re predominantly anti-abortion,” said Brian Pannebecker, a staunch Trump supporter and president of Auto Workers for Trump.

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☆ Live Updates: UAW strikers receive Biden's support as he walks picket line in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Left: President Joe Biden speaking about the auto workers strike from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 15. Right: UAW President Shawn Fain at the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on March 27. Susan Walsh/AP/Rebecca Cook/ReutersWhen President Joe Biden becomes the first sitting president to visit a picket line Tuesday, United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain will be there with him. Six months ago, it was doubtful Biden or almost anyone else at the White House knew who Fain was. And in July, Fain was at the White House meeting with staff about the administration's support for EVs, and he met face-to-face with Biden.

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U.S. President Joe Biden joins striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on the picket line outside the GM's Willow Run Distribution Center, in Bellville, Wayne County, Michigan, September 26, 2023. Democrat Biden traveled to a Belleville, Michigan, parts distribution center owned by General Motors (GM.N), and joined dozens of picketers outside. Auto company sources said Biden's support for a 40% pay hike may make it harder to reach a compromise with the UAW. Calling Biden's visit a "historic moment in time," Fain accused CEOs of taking the profits and leaving workers to "fight for scraps." 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.

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☆ Takeaways from Biden's visit to the UAW picketline
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Nearly as soon as the United Auto Workers went on strike earlier this month, Biden voiced support for the workers. Wearing a UAW ball-cap and speaking through a bullhorn, Biden’s overt support for the striking workers was a break from his predecessors’ attempts at neutrality. Biden was invited by the UAW to join their picket line, and has spoken out forcefully in favor of the workers. Trump, who is not planning on joining a picket line, will speak instead at a non-union facility. Speaking at the picket line on Tuesday, Fain praised Biden for being the first president to join a picket line.

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Trump has slammed the president for the visit, claiming Biden “had no intention” of walking the picket line until Trump said he would make a speech in Michigan. In the absence of an announced plan from the White House, speculation spread through the UAW ranks that Biden would go to whatever picket line was closest to the airport. Amid mounting political pressure to ramp up his public support, Biden is expressing solidarity with the union members, who are striking against the Big Three automakers – General Motors, Ford and Stellantis – for a second week. Union members, once a reliable Democratic voting bloc, have gradually gravitated to Republican candidates, according to CNN polls and the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation. The historic presidential picket line appearance will reaffirm his commitment to the critical voting and organizing group ahead of the 2024 election.

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SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. (AP) — About five people picketing in the United Auto Workers strike outside a Flint-area General Motors plant suffered minor injuries Tuesday when a vehicle leaving the plant struck them, police said. The striking workers were blocking a driveway, and an employee was trying to leave the Flint Processing Center in Swartz Creek when the collision occurred just before 4 p.m., Chief Matthew Bade of the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County said. The employee drove through the picket line to leave the plant, Bade said. “These people are out here, you know these are my membership, and they’re out here doing a peaceful, legal demonstration." The Flint Processing Center is one of 38 locations where workers walked off the job last week in the widening strike by the UAW against GM, Ford and Stellantis.

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Biden's presence at the event was historic and extraordinary: Both the White House and labor union experts said that a sitting president has never walked a picket line in support of striking workers. Presidents typically try to mediate when management and labor union disputes threaten to disrupt the economy. President Ronald Reagan in 1981 fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, delivering a major blow to the labor union movement. Trump also promised auto workers in Lordstown, Ohio, in 2017 that their plant would not close, so “don’t move. Biden's backing of electric vehicles has some auto union members worried they will lose their jobs in gasoline-powered auto plants, and Trump has exploited that concern to his advantage.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, you’ve, Ronald Reagan, It's, Erin Hatton, Donald Trump, Trump, Sean Fain, Ford, they're, Erik Loomis, Loomis, Hatton, Hattan Organizations: United Auto Workers, Ford, Big Three, White House, UAW, Motor Co, General Motors, Chrysler, University of Buffalo, Michigan, Trump, Anderson Economic Group, Gallup, Hollywood, Writers Guild of America, University of Rhode Locations: Michigan, Wayne County, Lordstown , Ohio, Michigan’s Macomb County, California, University of Rhode Island, Las Vegas

☆ 'Just shut your mouth:' Populist Republicans back UAW workers' demands while slamming union leadership
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Hawley and Vance support striking auto workers, but they're not on the same page as union leadership. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs strikes at auto manufacturing plants continue across the country, some populist-minded Republicans are breaking from their party's long-standing orthodoxies and backing the United Auto Workers' demands. Last week, Fain even slammed Donald Trump as part of the "billionaire class" following the news that the former president would address union workers in Michigan this week. So far, the only company that has figured out how to squeeze consistent profits out of electric cars is Tesla, which does not use more union labor. The union is now aiming to rebuild its reputation and influence in automotive labor and the labor movement writ large.

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☆ Biden vs. Trump in Michigan: Views on unions, the UAW auto strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden salutes as he departs Joint Base Andrews for Michigan where he will join striking members of the United Auto Workers on the picket line, in Maryland, U.S., September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Acquire Licensing RightsSept 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and 2024 Republican front-runner and former President Donald Trump both travel to Michigan this week to talk to local auto industry workers, as a United Auto Workers' strike spreads around the country. JOE BIDEN: SHARE THE PROFITSMichigan trip: Biden is expected on a UAW picket line in Wayne County, where he will meet with UAW President Shawn Fain. Michigan message: Biden is expected to side with striking workers and urge the companies to share their record profits with workers. As president: Trump lowered taxes for U.S. companies including the auto giants and appointed people to the National Labor Relations Board who unions say weakened protections for workers.

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