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☆ Here’s why saving this Illinois auto plant is a ‘gigantic deal’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Now the United Auto Workers union can add one more. Illinois is not a political battleground state like Michigan or Ohio, which have far more auto plants. But that plant is now due to reopen as an assembly plant in 2027, building a new midsize pickup truck. President Joe Biden speaks to the United Auto Workers union in Belvidere, Illinois, on Thursday. And it’s what happened with the last GM assembly plant in Detroit, its Hamtramck Assembly plant, that as part of the 2019 labor deal was closed in early 2020 and re-tooled to make electric pickups, reopening in November 2021.

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Mr. Biden made history with his visit when he became the first president to appear on a picket line to support the striking workers. When word came down that the union had struck a deal with the automakers, Mr. Biden stepped away during a state dinner welcoming the Australian prime minister and called the U.A.W. “The union situation is a win for Biden,” said Barry Rabe, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. Mr. Fain has yet to give Mr. Biden the U.A.W.’s endorsement, but he has also outlined ambitious goals that would be much harder to achieve if Mr. Trump returned to the White House. And while Mr. Biden visited picketing workers and voiced support for their strike, Mr. Trump visited a nonunion plant in Michigan and said union members “were being sold down the river by their leadership.”

Persons: Biden, Trump, Shawn Fain, “, ”, Barry Rabe, Fain, ’, Trump’s Organizations: Democratic, Biden, University of Michigan, National Labor Relations Board Locations: autoworkers, Michigan

☆ Biden says all autoworkers deserve deals like those the UAW won from Detroit automakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden puts on a t-shirt of the UAW Local 1268 during a United Auto Workers (UAW) union members meeting, in Belvidere, Illinois, U.S., November 9, 2023. DETROIT – President Joe Biden said Thursday that all autoworkers deserve contracts like the ones recently won by the United Auto Workers from General Motors , Ford Motor and Chrysler-parent Stellantis . Biden, wearing a red UAW T-shirt given to him by a local union leader, said the deals won by UAW negotiators are "game changers" that set a "new standard" for blue-collar workers. "I'm a little selfish, I want this type of contract for all autoworkers," Biden said during a visit with UAW President Shawn Fain in Belvidere, Illinois. "I told my team, 'Make Stellantis know Belvidere is a priority,' so I got on the phone and let him know personally I thought it was a priority," Biden said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Stellantis, Biden, Shawn Fain, Mark Stewart Organizations: UAW, United Auto Workers, DETROIT, General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler, Stellantis North Locations: Belvidere , Illinois, U.S, Stellantis North America, Belvidere

☆ Biden backs Tesla, Toyota unionization, slams Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nandita Bose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

BELVIDERE, Illinois, Nov 9 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday backed the United Auto Workers' efforts to unionize carmakers Tesla (TSLA.O) and Toyota (7203.T) and asked auto workers to reject his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. En route to the event, Biden told reporters that he “absolutely” supports the UAW's efforts to unionize Tesla and Toyota workers. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the remark by Biden, who has backed UAW efforts in other speeches. Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, visited a nonunion factory in Michigan in September while Biden joined a picket line with striking UAW workers, Biden reminded workers. MUSK'S ANTI-UNION STANCEBiden's comments may renew friction between the U.S. president and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, especially as the UAW seeks to organize Tesla workers.

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He ordered up an economic analysis and spoke to company officials about the plant, according to White House officials. On Thursday, Biden will visit Belvidere to showcase that same auto plant, which has reopened as part of the settlement of a targeted strike by the United Auto Workers union. O'Malley Dillon said the UAW contracts and the auto plant reopening reflect a larger focus on workers by the president. The contracts, if approved by 146,000 union members in the coming weeks, would dramatically raise pay for auto workers. Top assembly plant workers would earn roughly $42 per hour.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, he's, ”, Jen O’Malley Dillon, White, O'Malley Dillon, Donald Trump, Gene Sperling, Trump, Shawn Fain, J.B . Pritzker, Stellantis Organizations: WASHINGTON, Biden, White, United Auto Workers, Dodge, UAW, Labor, White House, Illinois Gov, Motors, Ford, Republican Locations: Chicago, Belvidere, China, United States

☆ Tesla shares drop 5% after HSBC calls it a 'very expensive auto company'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla shares closed down about 5% on Thursday at $209.98 after HSBC Global initiated coverage with a "reduce" rating and a $146 price target. "Arguably the ideas need to become reality to support the current share price," the analysts said. On the more bullish side, HSBC analysts said Tesla's core automotive business "faces fewer challenges than the incumbents and as such, deserves a premium." Besides the "reduce" rating from HSBC, Tesla is also facing a widening strike in Sweden. The IF Metall trade union, which represents some Tesla service employees, began a strike action at 12 Tesla service centers on Oct. 27, The New York Times reported.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Dockworkers, Joe Biden, Shawn Fain Organizations: HSBC Global, HSBC, Elon, Tesla, IF Metall, New York Times, Swedish Transport Workers Union, The New, UAW, Toyota, Auto Locations: Beijing, China, Sweden, Norway, The New Republic, Illinois

☆ How a No-Nonsense Union Leader Became a Style Icon
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jacob Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The United Auto Workers union struck a landmark series of deals with some of the nation’s largest automakers in recent weeks. Photo: Rebecca Cook/ReutersA few weeks into the United Auto Workers strike, the union’s straight-shooting president, Shawn Fain, appeared on a video livestream to update his members on the progress of negotiations. Things weren’t going well, and Fain did not mince words. “I’ll tell it to you straight. The billionaires and company executives think us autoworkers are just dumb,” he said.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain, Fain Organizations: United Auto Workers, Reuters

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain addresses the audience during a rally in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said on Wednesday the union will "pull out all stops" in working to organize non-union U.S. auto plants after winning new contracts with the Detroit Three automakers. In an video interview at the Reuters Events auto conference in Detroit, Fain said the UAW is aggressively working on its organizing plans. We're going to leverage every avenue we can and we're going to find creative ways to get to workers," Fain said. Fain said the UAW deserved credit for Toyota Motor (7203.T) decision's last week to raise the wages of nonunion U.S. factory workers.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Fain, Joe Biden, decision's, Biden, David Shepardson, Joseph White, David Gregorio Our Organizations: United Auto Workers, REUTERS, U.S, Detroit Three, Chrysler, Reuters, UAW, Toyota Motor, Toyota, nonunion, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Belvedere , Illinois, Detroit, Illinois

☆ ‘Eat the Rich’: How a Union Slogan Set Off a Merch Bonanza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jacob Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain, Fain Organizations: United Auto Workers, Reuters

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet in Belvidere, Illinois, with the head of the United Auto Workers union, and the two leaders are expected to highlight plans to reopen an auto factory that Stellantis wanted to close. The White House announced in a statement Tuesday afternoon that during the visit, Biden will deliver remarks and meet with UAW members and the union's president, Shawn Fain. The contracts, if approved by 146,000 union members in the coming weeks, would dramatically raise pay for auto workers. J.B. Pritzker will also attend Thursday's meeting, the White House said. About 1,200 workers will be brought back to the idled plant and another 1,300 will be added at the battery factory.

Persons: Joe Biden, Stellantis, Biden, Shawn Fain, Fain, J.B, Pritzker Organizations: WASHINGTON, United Auto Workers union, White House, UAW, Motors, Ford, Dodge, Stellantis, Democratic, Illinois Gov Locations: Belvidere , Illinois, Belvidere

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure during an event at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Bear, Delaware, U.S., November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and tout the decision of Chrysler-parent Stellantis to reopen a shuttered assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, a White House official said. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker will attend Thursday's event, where Biden will make remarks, the official said. The new Stellantis investments include $1.5 billion in the Toledo Jeep operations, including building an EV Jeep Wrangler in 2028. The UAW said Stellantis wanted to cut 5,000 jobs going into the talks.

Persons: Joe Biden, Leah Millis, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, Fain, Biden, White, J.B, Pritzker, David Shepardson, Nandita Bose, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Amtrak, REUTERS, Rights, United Auto Workers, Chrysler, White, UAW, Detroit Three, Illinois, Toledo Jeep, EV, Dodge, Jeep, Thomson Locations: Bear , Delaware, U.S, Belvidere , Illinois, Illinois, Michigan, Belvidere, Toledo, Detroit, Dodge Durango

☆ Premarket stocks: How Goldman Sachs is navigating a more turbulent world
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Jared Cohen: If you reflect back on most of the last 20 years, the geopolitical center of gravity has been in the Middle East. But there’s a paradigmatic shift where the geopolitical center of gravity has moved from the Middle East to Washington and Beijing. That’s before you get into other factors like the war in Europe, now, the war in the Middle East and a variety of other things. I don’t think that’s the case. Leaders in the Middle East have a big vision of their role in the world.

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☆ Tesla is giving staff at its Berlin Gigafactory a raise, report says, as the auto industry battles growing worker discontent
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla is giving 11,000 staff at its Berlin Gigafactory a 4% pay rise, per the WSJ. Tesla workers in Sweden are already on strike, while the UAW wants to recruit members. AdvertisementAdvertisementTesla is giving workers at its Berlin Gigafactory a pay rise as unions eye the EV manufacturer, The Wall Street Journal reported. But the pay rise also comes at a shaky time for Tesla management. AdvertisementAdvertisementLast month, IG Metall said union signups from Tesla workers had surged, and accused the company of failing to follow health and safety protocol.

Persons: Tesla, —, Elon Musk's, Rishi Sunak, IG, Metall, Shawn Fain Organizations: UAW, Service, Street Journal, The, AI, British, Reuters, Germany's, United Auto Workers, Detroit, General Motors . ", Tesla, Toyota, Honda, CNBC Locations: Berlin, Sweden

[1/2] United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets workers at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. The UAW released more details of its tentative 4-1/2 year deal with GM <on Saturday. Temporary workers will have a faster path to full-time status and could see wages rise by about 50% immediately. The GM agreement will move more than 7,000 UAW workers in GM component plants, service parts warehouses and what GM calls "subsystems" operations up to the higher wage levels paid to assembly plant workers. "This contract has wage increases and economic gains like nothing we've ever seen before," UAW Vice President Mike Booth said.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Mike Booth, Fain, Joe White, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, Rights DETROIT, General Motors, UAW, GM, Detroit, Ford, Chrysler, Auto, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Tesla, Thomson Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Lordstown , Ohio, Orion, Michigan, Spring Hill , Tennessee, Detroit, Bengaluru

Gene Sperling, the White House liaison for the strike talks, was in daily contact with executives at the UAW and the three automakers. By that point, there was enough trust that the misunderstanding did little from the White House perspective to hurt the relationship. The UAW president declined to endorse the president who had engaged in the historic outreach. So as I said we’ll do that when it’s time.”Still, the White House saw itself as building trust with the UAW as the talks progressed. As soon as a tentative agreement was in place, Barra told the gathered negotiators that she needed to text the White House.

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☆ The UAW is already looking ahead to its next auto strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Members of the United Auto Workers union are back on the job at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. They can’t go on strike in sympathy with another union’s strike, and they can’t wage a strike over political issues, such as a change in government policy. The Teamsters and the UAW also both have members now on strike against a group of casinos in Detroit. The significance of May 1The date Fain sees for this collective, coordinated strike is May 1, 2028, or May Day, which is also International Workers Day. That is celebrated as a Labor Day in many other countries, but rarely in the United States, which is where its historical roots are.

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☆ How the UAW's drive to 'end tiers' will change GM
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The tentative 4-1/2 year deal will pull more than 7,000 UAW workers in GM component plants, service parts warehouses and what GM calls "subsystems" operations up to the higher wage levels paid to assembly plant workers. As at Ford and Stellantis, GM will raise pay for temporary workers and give them a faster path to full-time status and wages. Eliminating tiers of lower-paid UAW workers at the Detroit Three was a top priority for Fain and UAW bargainers. Fain and UAW members would often wear red t-shirts printed with the slogan "End Tiers" at rallies and on picket lines. GM "has been the worst actor" in creating tiers of lower-wage UAW employees within its operations, Booth said in an Oct. 20 video address.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain's, Fain, Mike Booth, Booth, Joe White, Peter Henderson, Josie Kao Organizations: United Auto Workers, REUTERS, Rights DETROIT, General Motors, UAW, GM, Workers, Holdings, Ford, Tesla, Detroit, automaker . Workers, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, , Ohio, Stellantis .

John J. Kim | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesDETROIT – United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain wants to expand the union's battle from the Detroit automakers to Tesla , Toyota Motor and other non-unionized automakers operating in the U.S. The UAW has previously failed to organize foreign-based automakers in the U.S. The UAW has previously discussed organizing Tesla's Fremont plant in California with little to no traction in those efforts. "Workers at Tesla, Toyota, Honda, and others are not the enemy — they're the UAW members of the future," Fain said. UAW President Shawn Fain marches with UAW members through downtown Detroit after a rally in support of United Auto Workers members as they strike the Big Three auto makers on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.

Persons: Shawn Fain, John J, Kim, We've, Fain, Stellantis, we've, Ford, Bill Ford, Toyota Fain, Bill Pugliano, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, Tom Williams Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Tribune, Service, Getty, DETROIT, Detroit, Tesla, Toyota Motor, U.S, General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Nissan, GM, Ford, American, . ", Toyota, Honda, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, CNBC, Cq, Inc Locations: Chicago, U.S, Fremont, California, Kentucky, Detroit, Detroit , Michigan, Fremont , California

☆ Some Tesla workers say they'd never work in a unionized factory, even as Ford and GM workers are set to get a major pay boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

While Elon Musk has spoken out against unions, a major Tesla factory reportedly has a UAW organizing committee that's speaking with workers. Some Tesla workers say they wouldn't join a unionized company and predicted the UAW would struggle to find footing at Tesla. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe United Auto Workers might have set its sights on Tesla, but some workers at the EV company told Insider they'd be hard-pressed to join a union. Even before the 36-day strike, Ford and GM already spent over $20 more per hour on factory workers than Tesla, according to analysts. Still, other workers told Insider they wouldn't jump ship even for a better pay package at a unionized company.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Shawn Fain, Tesla, Musk, they'd, Metall, Marquard, it's, you've, Fain, Elon Organizations: UAW, Tesla, Service, United Auto Workers, EV, Detroit automakers, Ford, General Motors, GM, Fremont, Elon Musk's, National Labor Relations Board, Buffalo New, NLRB, Bloomberg, Workers Locations: Fremont, California, Buffalo New York, rehire, company's Brandenburg, Tesla, Tesla's

☆ UAW-Stellantis deal includes $18.9 billion in investments, new truck for idled plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The investments are expected to be completed during the term of the 4½-year tentative agreement, which must still be ratified by the roughly 43,000 UAW members covered by the proposed contract at Stellantis. The tentative labor agreement was reached Saturday after roughly six weeks of targeted strikes by the union against Stellantis, General Motors and Ford Motor. The work stoppages began Sept. 15 after the sides failed to reach deals covering 146,000 UAW members with the automakers by a strike deadline. "For the first time in a long time, we've done the unthinkable: Reopened a plant," Fain said during an online broadcast Thursday, referring to the Belvidere plant, which was idled in February 2022. Heading into the talks, UAW Vice President Rich Boyer, who led the Stellantis talks, made product commitments a priority and stressed that the Belvidere plant was a make-or-break issue.

Persons: Randy Harvard, Stellantis, Shawn Fain, we've, Fain, Rich Boyer Organizations: United Auto Workers, DETROIT –, Chrysler, UAW, Stellantis, General Motors, Ford Motor Locations: Sterling Heights, Mich, DETROIT, U.S, Belvidere , Illinois, Stellantis, Belvidere

He said the UAW's new contracts were so good they had even led to nonunion auto workers getting raises. Honda (7267.T) told Reuters it was evaluating the recent UAW deals with the Detroit Three automakers and would remain competitive. "If (Toyota workers) come calling, which they have, we're going to educate them and be there for them," Smith told Reuters. Toyota's move earlier this week to raise wages is in line with the strategy the Japanese automaker and other nonunion automakers have used to keep UAW organizers at bay. Nonunion automakers have kept hourly wages close to the UAW rates at the Detroit Three.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, It'll, Tim Smith, Smith, Elon Musk, Toyota's, Joseph White, David Shepardson, Lisa Baertlein, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis, Jamie Freed Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Toyota, UAW, nonunion, Honda, Reuters, Detroit Three, General Motors, Ford, Louisville Assembly, GM, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Tesla, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, U.S, United States, Georgetown , Kentucky, Louisville, Tesla's Fremont , California, Fremont, Detroit, Washington, Los Angeles

☆ Stellantis to give big raises, invest billions in UAW deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Stellantis declined to comment, saying it would wait for workers to vote first before discussing the deal. Stellantis will also offer $50,000 buyouts in 2024 and 2026 to UAW production workers, allowing it to cut costs by hiring fresh workers who start at lower wages. The UAW said the Stellantis investment commitments total about $19 billion, but that includes some previously announced plans. Stellantis has slightly longer than rival Ford to convert current temporary workers to permanent employees. That is on top of the $5,000 bonus hourly workers will get on ratification along with an 11% immediate pay hike.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Joe Biden, Stellantis, Ford, David Shepardson, Paul Lienert, Chris Reese, Diane Craft, Jamie Freed Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Chrysler, U.S, Ford, Toledo Jeep, EV, Dodge, Jeep, General Motors, Thomson Locations: Belleville, Wayne County , Michigan, U.S, Illinois, Belvidere , Illinois, Belvidere, Toledo, Michigan, Detroit, Dodge Durango, North America, Washington

DETROIT (AP) — Autoworkers at the first Ford factory to go on strike have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tentative contract agreement reached with the company. About 3,300 United Auto Workers union members went on strike at the plant Sept. 15 after the union's contract with Ford expired. They remained on the picket lines until Oct. 25, when the union announced the tentative deal with Ford. Production workers voted 81% to ratify the deal, while skilled trades workers voted 90% in favor. At its peak 46,000 union members had gone on strike at eight assembly plants and 38 parts warehouses across the nation.

Persons: — Autoworkers, Shawn Fain, Rich Boyer, Fain, Boyer, ”, “, ” Masters Organizations: DETROIT, Ford, Michigan, Plant, United Auto Workers, Ford ., Local, UAW, General Motors, GM, Wayne State University, . Workers, Detroit Locations: Wayne , Michigan, Detroit

☆ The UAW won big against Detroit automakers. Unionizing Tesla and Toyota will be tougher
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But the UAW’s ambitious plans to organize Tesla and other non-union automakers face steep odds. To grow, the UAW will need to gain a foothold at non-union automakers, which produce more than half of the cars assembled in the United States. Historically, UAW talks with the Detroit automakers have been closely watched by non-union automakers and suppliers. Anti-union companiesThe UAW will have to overcome weak protections for labor organizing in the United States and automakers’ aggressive tactics to defeat unions. It may be easier for UAW to organize Volkswagen and other European automakers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz than automakers from Asia, experts say.

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☆ Toyota hikes wage of US factory workers after UAW labor deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Other nonunion logistics and service parts employees are getting wage hikes. The media and organizing project Labor Notes earlier reported the wage hikes and other details, citing a company document. The pay of production Toyota workers in Kentucky at top scale will rise by $2.94 to $34.80 an hour. Under the new tentative agreements with General Motors (GM.N), Ford Motor (F.N) and Stellantis (STLAM.MI), UAW workers will receive a wage hike of 11% upon ratification and 25% in wage hikes through April 2028. The UAW declined to comment on the Toyota wage hikes.

Persons: Johanna Geron, ” Chris Reynolds, Shawn Fain, Fain, David Shepardson, Chizu Nomiyama, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Toyota, REUTERS, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Labor, North, General Motors, Ford Motor, UAW, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, Detroit, Thomson Locations: Zaventem, Belgium, U.S, Kentucky, Washington

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