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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —Drug task force officers suspected a Minnesota couple of selling methamphetamine when they raided their house in an operation that left five officers and one resident wounded last week, according to a search warrant released Wednesday. Gunfire broke out last Thursday when Sherburne County Drug Task Force officers attempted to execute the search warrant at the home of Karl Thomas Holmberg, 64. A second warrant released showed that police also looked for flammable and electrical materials and fire damage after the raid after seeing black smoke inside the residence as Holmberg exited, look back, then went back inside. He wrote that he got an informant or informants to buy meth from the couple twice earlier this year. Interviewed by police at the hospital, he said he didn’t think the officers serving the search warrant “had a right to be there and told them to leave,” according to the complaint.

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☆ Rite Aid is closing nearly 100 stores as part of its bankruptcy. See the list
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Rite Aid, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, is now preparing to shed almost 100 stores nationwide as part of its restructuring efforts. Over the past six years, Rite Aid has tallied nearly $3 billion in losses. in Costa Mesa, California139 North Grand Ave. in Covina, California20572 Homestead Road in Cupertino, California24829 Del Pradoin Dana Point, California7859 Firestone Blvd. in Yorba Linda, California25906 Newport Road in Menifee, California1600 North Main St. in Meridian, Idaho5808 Ritchie Hwy. in Mill Creek, Washington601 South Grady Way in Renton, Washington2707 Rainier Ave. in South Seattle, Washington– CNN’s David Goldman contributed to this story

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☆ GM to delay all-electric truck production at Michigan plant until late-2025
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

UAW Local 5960 member Kimberly Fuhr inspects a Chevrolet Bolt EV during vehicle production on May 6, 2021, at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan. A GM spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the company's EV production target. Alongside the Silverado EV, Factory Zero is currently building the GMC Hummer EV pickup and SUV and Cruise Origin shuttle. The plant was expected to be its second U.S. assembly plant to exclusively produce EVs. Roughly 1,000 hourly workers at Orion Assembly will have the option to transfer to other Michigan facilities until the retooling at Orion Assembly is completed.

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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will delay electric pickup truck production at a factory near Detroit due to slowing U.S. demand for electric vehicles, to better manage its capital investments, and to make some engineering changes. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesGM already is building a Chevrolet Silverado work truck at its “Factory Zero” electric vehicle plant, which straddles the border between Detroit and the enclave of Hamtramck. August EV sales were up almost 60% from a year earlier, but in September, the year-over-year growth rate dropped to 56%, according to Motorintelligence.com. But that transition is a lot more difficult and takes more time.”Still, Fiorani predicted that EV sales growth won't recede much, but the rate of increase won't be as high as it was previously. ____This story has been corrected to show that the electric vehicle sales growth rate in September was 56%, not 51%.

Persons: Kevin Kelly, ”, Kelly, it's, Kelley, Tesla, Chevrolet Bolt, Sam Fiorani, Fiorani Organizations: DETROIT, —, Motors, Silverado, GMC Sierra, United Auto Workers, Orion, Chevrolet, Workers, GMC, EV, GM, Factory Zero, AutoForecast Solutions Locations: Detroit, Orion Township , Michigan, Michigan, Hamtramck, U.S, . U.S, That's

☆ Rite Aid is planning to close about 150 locations. See if your local store is on the list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Rite Aid filed plans to close 154 stores on Monday as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Rite Aid is the smallest of the three major drugstore chains, well behind CVS and Walgreens. Rite Aid was expected to close stores as part of its bankruptcy. Rite Aid told Insider that it considers a variety of factors when deciding to close a store, "including business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance." "We will also strive to transfer associates to other Rite Aid locations where possible," the company said.

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☆ GM postpones electric truck production
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —General Motors is putting off adding a second factory for production of its electric pickups until late 2025, the automaker announced Tuesday. But GM had planned to start producing the electric pickups at an additional Michigan factory, Orion Assembly just north of Detroit, as well. Instead, when those electric vehicles go out of production at the end of this year, the factory will not shift quickly to making the trucks. General MotorsGM’s decision will result in fewer electric pickups being built next year but the automaker declined to discuss the extent of a reduction. GM had announced, in 2022, that it would spend $4 billion to convert Orion Assembly to make the electric trucks.

Persons: Bolt, Ford, Joseph Yoon, GM Organizations: CNN —, Motors, Silverado, Hamtramck Assembly, GMC Hummer, GMC Sierra EV, GM, Orion Assembly, Chevrolet Bolt, United Auto Workers, Orion, Chevrolet Silverado EV, General Motors, UAW, Ford, ”, Edmunds.com Locations: Detroit, Michigan

The move is the latest sign that electric vehicle production and demand may not be as strong as forecast. GM had been set to begin production of the electric Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra in late 2024 at the suburban Detroit plant. Ford said in July it would slow the ramp-up of electric vehicle production and forecast a full-year loss of $4.5 billion on its EV unit. GM still plans a significant boost in EV production in 2024 including adding a new shift at a Detroit-Hamtramck factory that is currently building EV SUVs and pickup trucks. General Motors said on Tuesday it still plans to end production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV at the end of 2023.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Ford, General Motors, Ben Klayman, David Shepardson, Will Dunham, Franklin Paul, Chizu Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Rights, General Motors Co, GM, Silverado, GMC Sierra, Reuters, United Auto Workers, Detroit -, GMC Sierra EV, General, Chevrolet, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Orion, Detroit, Ohio, Detroit - Hamtramck, United States, Washington

☆ Canada to give Belgium's Umicore up to C$1 bln for new battery components plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

OTTAWA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Canada and the province of Ontario will give up to C$1 billion to a unit of Belgium's Umicore (UMI.BR) to help it build a plant that will produce components for electric vehicle batteries, Ottawa said on Monday. The plant - the first of its kind in North America - will initially employ 600 people and have a battery materials production capacity of 35 gigawatt hours annually. Canada, home to a large mining sector for minerals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt, wants to woo firms involved in all levels of the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain via a multibillion-dollar green technology. The Umicore plant is due to be built in stages and could be worth C$2.7 billion when fully completed. Canada will invest up to C$551.3 billion with Ontario adding up to C$424.6 billion.

Persons: Francois, Philippe Champagne, Champagne, David Ljunggren, David Gregorio Our Organizations: OTTAWA, Thomson Locations: Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, Loyalist Township, North America

☆ Chicago-area stabbing: 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who authorities say was fatally stabbed by his landlord will be buried today
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Chris Boyette Keith Allen Lauren Mascarenhas | Chris Boyette | Keith Allen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A funeral and burial will be held Monday for the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed when his Chicago-area landlord allegedly attacked him and his mother because the family is Muslim. The attack, which also left Wadea’s mother seriously injured, is being investigated by the Department of Justice as a hate crime. Czuba was taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility and is awaiting his initial court appearance, according to the sheriff’s office. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described his son. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,750 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Persons: Al Fayoume, Joseph M, Carole Cheney, Czuba, “, General Merrick Garland, ” Garland, Will, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Shahin, ‘, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker, –, Wadea Al, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Rehab, Wadea’s, ’ Organizations: CNN, Islamic Relations, Department of Justice, The, Department, Justice, ”, ” CAIR, Chicago, Czuba, Chicago Mayor, CAIR, West Bank, Twitter, CAIR National, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Palestinian Locations: Chicago, Will, Joliet , Illinois, Plainfield Township, Illinois, America, United States, Gaza, Israel, York City

☆ Funeral for slain Palestinian boy to be held outside Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The funeral will be held in a community known as "Little Palestine" for its heavy concentration of Palestinian Americans. The conflict has put Jewish and Palestinian Muslim communities in the United States on edge and fearful of a potential backlash against them. Iman Negrete, a Palestinian American who lives in Plainfield, is from the same town in the occupied Palestinian territories as the mother. The boy celebrated his sixth birthday just weeks ago, CAIR's Rehab told a press conference on Sunday. The boy's mother came from the West Bank to the United States 12 years ago and his father immigrated nine years ago, Rehab said.

Persons: Wadea Al, Wadea, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Hanaan, Iman Negrete, Joseph Czuba, Oday, Czuba, Fayoume, Rehab, Merrick Garland, Brendan O'Brien, Bernadette Baum, Deepa Babington Organizations: Reuters, CAIR, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Services, Council, Islamic Relations, Chicago, Police, West Bank, Daily, Sunday, U.S . Justice, Czuba, Thomson Locations: Israel, Chicago, Bridgeview , Illinois, Gaza, United States, Hanaan Shahin, Plainfield Township, Palestinian American, Plainfield, Will, Czuba

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One person died and at least two more were injured by gunshots near a pro-democracy demonstration in Guatemala on Monday, local authorities said. Victor Gomez, spokesman for the volunteer firemen in Malacatan, near the border with Mexico, said it was not clear whether the victims were protesters themselves, or just caught nearby. The incident is the latest violent episode after 15 days of protests and roadblocks in the Central American country. On Sunday, Porras' supporters in Guatemala City called for violence against demonstrators blocking roads. They have called for the resignation of Porras, prosecutors Rafael Curruchiche and Cinthia Monterroso, and Judge Fredy Orellana.

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Joseph M. Czuba poses for a police booking photograph after being arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, U.S., in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023. Will County Sheriff/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsOct 15 (Reuters) - An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, officials and Muslim rights activists said on Sunday. The boy was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, the Will County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The suspect, Joseph Czuba, 71, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crime and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the sheriff's office said. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified the boy as Wadea Al-Fayoume and said the woman, Hanaan Shahin, was his mother.

Persons: Joseph M, Joseph Czuba, Czuba, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, Christopher Wray, we've, Wray, Daniel Trotta, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Reuters, Will County Sheriff, REUTERS Acquire, Czuba, Islamic Relations, FBI, International Association of Chiefs, Police, Thomson Locations: Will, Illinois, U.S, Will County, An Illinois, Israel, Plainfield Township, Chicago, San Diego, Carlsbad , California

CNN —A Chicago-area landlord was arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim. Authorities were called to the residence in unincorporated Plainfield Township, roughly 40 miles southwest of Chicago, shortly before noon Saturday after a woman called 911 saying her landlord had attacked her, according to the sheriff’s office. The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,600 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described him.

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☆ Canadian autoworkers strike against General Motors, joining UAW
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Richard Lautens | Toronto Star | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Labor strikes are now an international issue for General Motors after the Detroit automaker failed to reach a tentative agreement by Monday for roughly 4,300 workers represented by Canadian union Unifor. The Canadian autoworkers will join roughly 9,200 United Auto Workers members who are on strike in the U.S. at two assembly plants and 18 parts and distribution centers for GM. Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan September 29, 2023. Rebecca Cook | ReutersUnifor, which represents 18,000 Canadian workers at the Detroit automakers, took a more traditional approach to its negotiations than its U.S. counterpart. The Canadian union is negotiating with each automaker separately and using a deal first reached last month with Ford as a "pattern" for GM and Chrysler parent Stellantis .

Persons: Lana Payne, UNIFOR, Richard Lautens, Rebecca Cook, Payne Organizations: Metro Toronto Convention, Toronto Star, Getty, DETROIT — Labor, General Motors, Detroit, United Auto Workers, GM, Chevrolet Silverado, Unifor, UAW, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, Reuters Unifor, Detroit automakers, U.S ., Ford, Chrysler Locations: Canadian, U.S, Ontario, Delta Township , Michigan, Canada

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are seeking suspects in a shooting that killed one man and wounded eight other people at a private party in a Pennsylvania community center. State police in Indiana County said nine people between the ages of 18 and 23 were shot at about 12:35 a.m. Sunday at the Chevy Chase Community Center in White Township, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh. The shooting was about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, which was having its homecoming weekend. Dozens of people, including some university students, attended a vigil Sunday night on the steps of the county courthouse, about a mile away from the community center, The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat reported. The Chevy Chase Community Center was built in 1971 by a group established in 1969 to fight poverty and help those in need, according to its website.

Persons: George Bivens, ”, Bivens, Stoppers, Thomas Segar, Robert Manzi Jr Organizations: —, State, Chevy Chase Community Center, Police, of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Johnstown ) Tribune, Democrat, Chase Community Locations: INDIANA, Pa, Pennsylvania, Indiana County, White Township, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Florida, Johnstown, ”

☆ UAW Mack Trucks deal could be a test for worker demands amid Detroit automaker negotiations
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Mack Trucks and UAW announced the tentative agreement early Monday, followed by releasing "highlights" of the deal later in the week to members. Neither UAW nor Mack Trucks have publicly released the tentative contract ahead of employee meetings to detail the agreement and voting this weekend. Another Mack Trucks worker descried the deal as "disgraceful" and an "insult" compared to their expectations and what's currently being negotiated by UAW international leaders with the Detroit automakers, also known as the Big Three. "They are just pushing this [tentative agreement] through so they don't have to deal with us while the Big Three are negotiating." United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during an online broadcast updating union members on negotiations with the Detroit automakers on Oct. 6, 2023.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Mack Trucks, Shawn Fain, Mack, They've, it's, Fain, what's Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, Reuters DETROIT — United Auto Workers, Volvo Group, Detroit automakers, UAW, General Motors, Ford Motor, Lehigh Valley Operations, CNBC, Detroit Locations: Delta Township , Michigan, Pennsylvania

"Our strike is working, but we’re not there yet," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a livestreamed update on negotiations with the three automakers. Threatening to strike against GM's Arlington, Texas, plant that makes cash-cow SUVs like the Cadillac Escalade spurred GM to agree that EV battery factories would become union plants with UAW contracts, Fain said. GM is building three Ultium joint-venture battery plants with South Korea's LG Energy Solution (373220.KS). GM is building a fourth U.S. battery plant with Samsung SDI (006400.KS) in Indiana. Fain also said on Friday that the UAW could still strike against highly profitable pickup truck plants if progress stalls.

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☆ UAW says GM will allow battery plant workers to be covered by labor deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Striking United Auto Workers members, from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, picket on a street corner in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 6 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Friday General Motors will allow workers at joint-venture battery plants to be covered by a labor agreement, removing one of the major sticking points in negotiations. However, an agreement with the 'Detroit Three' automakers remains elusive, UAW President Shawn Fain said on Friday, though he held off on expanding ongoing, coordinated strikes, citing progress in talks. As the union's strike enters its 22nd day, here is a timeline of events beginning with the election of Fain in March:Reporting by Ananta Agarwal and Priyamvada C in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber, Sriraj Kalluvila, Arun Koyyur and Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain, Fain, Ananta Agarwal, Priyamvada, Shailesh Kuber, Sriraj Kalluvila, Arun Koyyur Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, Michigan U.S, REUTERS, UAW, Friday General, Thomson Locations: Delta Township, Michigan, Detroit, Bengaluru

This is the first week since targeted strikes by the UAW started on Sept. 15 that the union will not expand the work stoppages at GM, Ford Motor or Chrysler-parent Stellantis . GM, with its battery plant in Ohio, is the only Detroit automaker with a joint venture battery plant in operation and unionized in the U.S. watch nowElectric vehicle battery plants have been a major point of contention in this year's talks between the union and the three Detroit automakers. Officially, because they're owned by joint ventures, the battery plants aren't covered by the automakers' agreements with the union. Ford CEO Jim Farley said last week that the UAW is "holding the deal hostage over battery plants."

Persons: Shawn Fain, Fain, We've, Jim Farley, Ford, Mark Stewart, who's, Stewart, Rebecca Cook Organizations: GM, Detroit automakers, DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Detroit, General Motors, UAW, Ford Motor, Chrysler, Arlington Assembly, U.S, LG Energy, Samsung SDI, Ford, North, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant Locations: Arlington, Ohio, United States, U.S, North America, Delta Township , Michigan

☆ Mack Trucks workers get 19% raise over 5 years in UAW contract
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 5 (Reuters) - Workers will receive a 19% pay hike over five years under an agreement with Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers, according to a summary of the tentative agreement seen by Reuters. The agreement includes an immediate 10% pay hike upon ratification. "The terms of this tentative agreement would deliver significantly increased wages and continue first-class benefits for Mack employees and their families," Mack President Stephen Roy said in a statement earlier this week. Mack, founded in 1900, is one of North America's largest manufacturers of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks, engines and transmissions.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Mack Trucks, Mack, Stephen Roy, David Shepardson, Chizu Nomiyama, David Gregorio Our Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, Michigan U.S, REUTERS, Workers, Volvo Group, Reuters, Volvo, Thomson Locations: Delta Township, Michigan, North America's

Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 4 (Reuters) - Exchange-traded funds tracking automakers saw net outflows last month on worries over the United Auto Workers' (UAW) strike against the "Detroit Three" and higher interest rates. Production at General Motors (GM.N), Ford (F.N) and Chrysler parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI) have taken a beating as the UAW strike headed into the 20th day. "The redemption of ~20% of the (First Trust) ETF's net assets in mid-September could have been related to the UAW strike, although it's tough to say with certainty." The $1.02 billion Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 1.5X Shares ETF (TSLL.O) saw its first month of outflows in four.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Bryan Armour, that's, Todd Sohn, Bansari Mayur, Anil D'Silva Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, Michigan U.S, REUTERS, Exchange, United Auto Workers ', General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Nasdaq Transportation, North America, Morningstar, JPMorgan, GM, X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles, Trust, Global, Strategas Securities, Thomson Locations: Delta Township, Michigan, Bengaluru

☆ UAW strike cost GM $200 million in its first two weeks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —The United Auto Workers union strike has cost General Motors $200 million since the work stoppage began two weeks ago, the company said Wednesday. GM was relatively flush with cash heading into the strike, which started on September 15. During the second week, the UAW also went on strike at a series of 18 parts and distribution centers operated by GM as well as 20 at Stellantis. This week, GM arranged for a new $6 billion line of credit. GM lost $2.9 billion from a six-week strike the UAW waged against it in 2019.

Persons: Fairfax, Ford, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, Motors, GM, UAW, Ford, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly, GM Financial, Securities and Exchange Commission Locations: New York, , Missouri, Fairfax, Kansas City , Kansas, Wentzville, Stellantis, GM’s Lansing Delta Township, Chicago

☆ Ford makes new offer in US labor dispute, GM furloughs more workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Dearborn, Michigan automaker said the new offer boosted wages for temporary workers, increased company 401(k) contributions and had further shrunk time needed to get to the top wage rate. UAW President Shawn Fain on Friday expanded the first-ever simultaneous strike against the Detroit Three to a GM Lansing, Michigan, plant and a Ford Chicago assembly plant, but Stellantis was spared after last-minute concessions. The UAW said on Monday it presented a new contract offer to General Motors (GM.N). Earlier Tuesday, GM said it furloughed 163 UAW workers at GM’s Toledo Propulsion Systems plant that makes transmissions for both the automaker's Missouri and Lansing Delta Township assembly plants that are on strike. On Monday, GM and Ford said they laid off another 500 workers at four Midwestern plants because of the impact of the strike.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Stellantis, Ford, Jim Farley, David Shepardson, Matthew Lewis, Chris Reese Organizations: Ford, United Auto Workers, UAW, Detroit, General Motors, GM, Chrysler, Propulsion Systems, Anderson Economic, Thomson Locations: Dearborn, Michigan, Lansing , Michigan, Ford Chicago, Missouri, Lansing Delta, Kansas, Ohio, Indiana, Washington

☆ GM furloughs another 163 workers due to UAW strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 3 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) said on Tuesday it was laying off another 163 workers in Ohio because of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike at two assembly plants and 18 parts distribution centers. The Detroit automaker said it had furloughed another 163 UAW workers at GM’s Toledo Propulsion Systems plant that makes transmissions for both the Missouri and Lansing Delta Township assembly plants that are on strike. GM said in total it has been forced to layoff 2,100 workers at five plants in four states including halting production at its Kansas car plant because of the strike. Reporting by David Shepardson Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: David Shepardson, Chris Reese Organizations: General Motors, United Auto Workers, Detroit, UAW, Propulsion Systems, Missouri and, GM, Thomson Locations: Ohio, Missouri and Lansing Delta, Kansas

Some childcare operators told Insider the end of pandemic-era funding could make the problem worse. To keep the doors open at her Southampton Township, New Jersey, childcare center, she needs to find new clients or new funding. Jackson is just one of many providers across the US entering a period of uncertainty after a pandemic-era infusion of federal childcare funding ran out at the end of last month. That funding expired on Saturday, along with $13.5 billion in childcare funding from other pandemic-era legislation. She added: "What we're likely to see is childcare providers doing everything they can to continue to operate.

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