DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

CAAT will assure that workers get defined benefits in retirement, CAAT and Unifor said. Separately, the UAW and companies have not agreed on the complex issues raised by new electric-vehicle battery plants owned by joint ventures. Under U.S. labor law, the UAW would have to organize the battery joint ventures, which are separate entities from the automakers. So far, Ford and Stellantis have not matched GM's proposal on battery plants. Three of four battery plants Ford plans will be operated as joint ventures with South Korean battery maker SK On.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Ford, Stellantis, Olivia Mitchell, Mitchell, ”, Dana Muir, CAAT, Unifor, Shawn Fain, Joe White, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Rights, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Ford Motor, Chrysler, UAW, Detroit's Big, GM, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Companies, University of Michigan, CANADA, Canada, Ford, Unifor, Canadian, CAAT, U.S, SK, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Ontario, Arlington , Texas, Fain's, Kokomo , Indiana, United States, Korean, Detroit

☆ A paramedic who treated victims of Hamas' attack in Israel said the hospital he worked in looked like a scene out of a war movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A 27-year-old Israeli paramedic was working in a hospital when Hamas attacked on Saturday. He said the hospital looked like a scene out of a World War II movie. "People were dying like flies," Yan Gorjaltsan told Insider. Gorjaltsan described the hospital as a scene out of a World War II movie — nurses and doctors frantically taking care of patients while others scream for help. "Even though we always have our differences, when something like this starts, everybody just stops talking and starts working," Gorjaltsan told Insider.

Persons: Yan Gorjaltsan, —, Magen David Adom, I'm, Gorjaltsan, he's Organizations: Service, Soroka Medical, UN, Hamas, Israeli Defense Forces, NBC News, Gaza Ministry, Health Locations: Gaza, Be'er Sheva, Ofakim, Saturday's, Israel

☆ A friend of a 25-year-old woman filmed begging militants not to kill her says no one can escape the videos and firsthand accounts of Hamas' attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An Israeli paramedic said it's impossible to escape videos of Hamas' attacks on Israel. "And then someone sent me the video," Gorjaltsan told Insider on Wednesday. In the now-viral video, Argamani is seen begging Hamas militants not to kill her as she's whisked away on a motorbike. After he saw the video, Gorjaltsan said he went to the hospital with a friend and found Argamani's parents. In the recording, Gorjaltsan said Man could be heard "begging" for more ambulances to come to the kibbutz.

Persons: —, Yan Gorjaltsan, Noa Argamani, Gorjaltsan, Noa's, she's, Avinatan, Gorjaltsan's, Ori Tshernihovski, Noa Argamani Yan, Noa, Israel, Chen Junqing, Amit Man, I've Organizations: Service, Nova Music, Hamas, Getty, AK Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ashkelon, Xinhua, Be'ere

☆ IDF says Hamas fighters killed and decapitated babies at one kibbutz near the Gaza border
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israel soldiers say they found dead babies at a kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border. A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told Insider on Tuesday that its soldiers found the decapitated corpses of babies at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz near Gaza. Reports started to emerge on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers had made the grisly discoveries at the self-sustaining rural community near Gaza. Hamas targeted multiple kibbutzim near the border with Gaza after the militants broke through the gate separating the territory from Israel. Israel's retaliatory airstrikes have also killed at least 830 people in Gaza, The Washington Post reported, citing the Health Ministry in Gaza.

Persons: —, Nir, Yoav Gallant, Nicole Zedek, Kfar Aza, Zedek, CNN's Nic Robertson, Israel Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel Defense Forces, The Washington Post, Health Ministry, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: Israel, Gaza, Kfar Aza, Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Kfar, Israeli, The

☆ Shani Louk's mother believes her daughter, whose body was paraded on a Hamas truck, is still alive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Shani Louk's mother told Bild on Tuesday that she believes her daughter is still alive. Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's location or whether she's alive. Shani Louk's mother said she received information leading her to believe that her daughter is still alive. Neither Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's whereabouts or whether or not she is alive. Ricarda Louk told Bild that when she last spoke to Shani Louk, she encouraged her 22-year-old daughter to take cover in a nearby shelter.

Persons: Shani Louk's, Ricarda Louk, —, Shani, Shani Louk, Louk Organizations: Service, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, German

☆ Civilians in Gaza could run out of food in 6 days and don't know where to seek refuge from Israel's counterattacks, advocacy group says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Civilians in Gaza worry they may run out of food in as little as six days. Israel is engaging in a counterstrike against Gaza after Hamas' deadly attack on Saturday. As of Tuesday, 830 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the Gaza Ministry of Health said. The Israeli death toll has surpassed 1,000 people since Hamas invaded Israel on Saturday, Israeli officials said. Hamas is also holding Israelis hostage — the militant group said it had about 100 people captive in Gaza.

Persons: —, counterstrikes, Ivan Karakashian, Karakashian Organizations: Service, Israel, Gaza, Norwegian Refugee Council, Associated Press, Gaza Ministry, Health, NBC News, Israeli Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem

☆ Scientists named a new snail after Jimmy Buffet's song 'Margaritaville' because it doesn't move but is somehow bright yellow
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The bright yellow snail inspired its name Cayo margarita — a nod to Jimmy Buffet's song "Margaritaville." Scientists aren't sure why the snail is so yellow but think it may be a defense mechanism. AdvertisementAdvertisementScientists discovered a mysterious new species of sea snail in the Florida Reef, and named it as a tribute to Jimmy Buffet's famous song "Margaritaville." The new species is called "Cayo margarita," according to a paper published by a group of scientists in Peer J journal. But, strangely, when fish approached the bright snail, they didn't eat it.

Persons: —, Jimmy Buffet's, Bieler, margarita Organizations: Service, CNN Locations: margarita, Florida, Cayo

☆ An Israeli couple hid in their home for 58 hours during Hamas' attack, and their family thought they were dead until the army found them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An Israeli couple was found alive hiding in their shelter after Hamas attacks on Saturday. Their family feared they were dead or kidnapped once communication with the couple was cut off. The IDF eventually found the couple, who had been hiding for 58 hours in their shelter. As Hamas launched brazen attacks across towns in Israel bordering Gaza, one Israeli couple took shelter in their kibbutz near the border, hiding so well that their family feared they were missing or dead. The IDF returned and found David and Denise Heiblum still hiding in their shelter in their home, some 58 hours later.

Persons: —, David, Denise Heiblum, David Heiblum's, Pepe, Jacques Butbol, Butbol Organizations: IDF, Service, Hamas, NBC News, NBC Locations: Israeli, Israel, Gaza

☆ Next EU chief will need cash more than trade wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Christie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

What she sidestepped was how to find more cash and convince member states to pay up. Von der Leyen, or her successor, will have to figure out how to pay for enlargement. Von der Leyen tapped into trade frustrations with her pledge to investigate and possibly punish Chinese subsidies for car and battery makers. During her first term, von der Leyen succeeded in connecting the EU with bond investors via the 800 billion euro NextGenerationEU borrowing programme. A second term will require even more finesse to convince EU member states to raise money not just from markets, but from themselves.

Persons: Ursula von der, European Union won’t, der, von der Leyen’s, Greens –, der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron, Thierry Breton, Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg, Von der, Carlo Bastasin, Von der Leyen, von der Leyen, sceptics, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel’s, Jens Stoltenberg’s, Francesco Guerrera, Streisand Neto, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, European Union, Bank, EU, European Commission, Socialists, Greens, NATO, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Brookings, handouts, Organisation for Economic Co, Transport, Environment, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Ukraine, Moldova, Western, Brussels, Germany, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Turkey, Georgia, Spain, Poland, United States, China, Ireland, Netherlands, EU, EU’s, Hungary

☆ 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

☆ US automakers increase strike layoffs by more than 800
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 9 (Reuters) - Chrysler-parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI) said on Monday it is laying off another 570 workers and General Motors (GM.N) announced cuts of nearly 200 employee due to the United Auto Workers strike. Ford said Monday another 70 workers had been laid off in Michigan, bringing the total at the automaker to 1,865 since the strike began. Stellantis, which has had a total of 640 layoffs, said the latest include 520 at its Trenton, Michigan engine plant as well as 50 at an Indiana casting plant. GM increased its layoffs by 200 to 2,300, affecting six plants including its Lansing, Michigan, stamping plant and a Toledo, Ohio, plant.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Ford, Stellantis, David Shepardson, Mark Porter, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Michigan, Trenton , Michigan, Indiana, Lansing , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio

☆ UAW workers strike Mack Trucks after rejecting contract
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 9 (Reuters) - Union workers at Volvo Group (VOLVb.ST)-owned Mack Trucks went on strike on Monday after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed five-year contract, the United Auto Workers said, the latest tentative labor agreement to be voted down. In online forums, some Mack workers complained the raise was too small to keep up with inflation. Canadian workers at GM also face a contract talk deadline at midnight on Monday that could lead to another strike. Mack President Roy said the company "clearly demonstrated our commitment to good-faith bargaining by arriving at a tentative agreement that was endorsed by both the International UAW and the UAW Mack Truck Council." "UAW members and workers across the economy are mobilizing to demand their fair share," the UAW said in a letter to Mack.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Mack Trucks, Detroit's, Mack, Shawn Fain, Stephen Roy, GM's, Mack President Roy, Roy, Fain, Ford, David Shepardson, Abhijith, Arun Koyyur, Matthew Lewis, David Gregorio Our Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, Volvo Group, UAW, Detroit's Big, Unions, FedEx, Detroit Three, General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler, GM, Ford, International UAW, UAW Mack Truck Council, Volvo, Detroit, Deutsche Bank, Anderson Economic, Thomson Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, North, Washington, Bengaluru

☆ GM expands strike layoffs by nearly 200 workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 9 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) on Monday said it was laying off nearly 200 additional workers due to the United Auto Workers strike, adding a sixth impacted plant. The Detroit automaker last week said about 2,100 workers had been impacted by the strike of two of its assembly plants in Missouri and Michigan and 18 parts distribution centers. GM on Monday said about 2,300 workers are now impacted, including 70 layoffs at its Lansing, Michigan, stamping plant and about 70 additional layoffs at a Toledo, Ohio, plant. GM said workers are not expected to return until the strike is resolved.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, David Shepardson, Mark Porter Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, United Auto Workers, Detroit, GM, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Missouri, Michigan, Lansing , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio

☆ UAW workers reject Mack Trucks contract, go on strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A United Auto Workers union member holds a sign outside Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. About 73% of workers - covering 4,000 workers in Pennsylvania, Florida and Maryland - voted against the deal, the UAW said. After Mack workers voted down the deal, the UAW sent a strike notice to the company saying "many topics" remain at issue, including wage increases, cost-of-living allowance, job security and wage progression. "We clearly demonstrated our commitment to good faith bargaining by arriving at a tentative agreement that was endorsed by both the International UAW and the UAW Mack Truck Council," Roy said. "UAW members and workers across the economy are mobilizing to demand their fair share," the UAW said in a letter to Mack.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Mack Trucks, Mack, Shawn Fain, Stephen Roy, Roy, Fain, Ford, David Shepardson, Abhijith Ganapavaram, Jacqueline Wong, Jamie Freed, Michael Perry, Arun Koyyur Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, Volvo Group, UAW, Unions, FedEx, Detroit Three, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, International UAW, UAW Mack Truck Council, Volvo, Detroit, Kaiser Permanente, U.S, Thomson Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, North, United States

☆ These quirky microcars could be the future of travel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

How relevant is this ad to you? Video player was slow to load content Video content never loaded Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Other issues

☆ UAW workers reject Mack Trucks contract, will strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A United Auto Workers union member holds a sign outside Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. About 73% of workers voted against the deal covering 4,000 workers in Pennsylvania, Florida and Maryland, the UAW said. The proposed Mack deal had included a 19% pay hike, a $3,500 ratification bonus, improved retirement benefits, additional vacation for some employees and a reduction in the time needed to get to top pay. "We clearly demonstrated our commitment to good faith bargaining by arriving at a tentative agreement that was endorsed by both the International UAW and the UAW Mack Truck Council," Roy said. "As you are aware, UAW members and workers across the economy are mobilizing to demand their fair share," the UAW said in a letter to Mack.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Mack Trucks, Mack, Shawn Fain, Stephen Roy, Roy, Fain, Ford, David Shepardson, Jacqueline Wong, Jamie Freed, Michael Perry Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, Volvo Group, UAW, Unions, FedEx, Detroit Three, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, International UAW, UAW Mack Truck Council, Volvo, Detroit, Kaiser Permanente, Thomson Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, North, United States

☆ A woman who escaped Hamas' attack on her kibbutz says she isn't sure that she has a home to go back to
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Israeli woman who fled Hamas' attack said she doesn't know if she has somewhere to return to. Danielle Biton, who lives on Kibbutz Karmita near the Gaza Strip in Israel, fled her home on the kibbutz on Saturday after Hamas began its deadly attack against Israel over the weekend. Biton described hearing Iron Dome bomb sirens starting around 5:00 a.m. that lasted about an hour. But Biton said she and her friend decided to go back to their kibbutz to try to rescue his parents. AdvertisementAdvertisementShe said they took "whatever we had in our home because we didn't know — we still don't know — if we will have somewhere to go back to."

Persons: Danielle Biton, —, Natasha Raquel Kirtchuk Gutman, Biton, Kirtchuk Gutman, Nobody, wouldn't Organizations: Service, Hamas, I24 Locations: Israeli, Hamas, Karmita, Gaza, Israel, IDF

☆ Shani Louk's mother said she found out her daughter was kidnapped by Hamas from video circulating on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shani Louk's mother found out that her daughter was missing because of a social media video. Shani Louk was at the festival in the south of Israel where Hamas killed at least 260 people. AdvertisementAdvertisementRicarda Louk didn't know her daughter, Shani Louk, was kidnapped by Hamas militants in Israel until she saw a video of the attack on social media, she told CNN's Anderson Cooper. "We stopped talking, and since then I didn't hear anything from her anymore and then she wasn't responding on her phone," Ricarda Louk told Cooper. It wasn't until a few hours later that Ricarda Louk saw her daughter in a disturbing video online.

Persons: Shani Louk's, Shani Louk, —, didn't, CNN's Anderson Cooper, Ricarda Louk, Louk, Cooper Organizations: Service, CNN, Saturday, Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Swedish startup Luvly is making flat-pack electric microcars
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In addition to the novel flat-pack delivery, Luvly is hoping that the electric car’s other features – including its super-light frame and swappable batteries – will make sustainable transport more affordable, says Håkan Lutz, Luvly CEO and co-founder. LuvlyA “Luvly” solutionLuvly O is a “light urban vehicle,” also known as a microcar. Luvly plans to license its patented light vehicle flat-pack framework to other car manufacturers to build their own branded versions. Resource-light and requiring less energy to manufacture than electric passenger cars, light electric vehicles (LEVs) such as microcars could make a serious dent in transport carbon emissions, says Brost. This is where Luvly hopes to add value: inspiring more car manufacturers to develop light urban vehicles with its patented framework.

Persons: it’s, Håkan Lutz, Lutz, Luvly, ”, —, “, Luvly isn’t, Citroën, Ami, Mascha Brost, Brost, ” Brost, It’s Organizations: CNN, IKEA, BMW, Formula, Opel, Fiat, Micro, German Aerospace Center, German Aerospace, Institute for Highway, US, Peachtree Locations: Swedish, Stockholm, €, Italian, Swiss, Germany, Peachtree City, Georgia

☆ 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.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, General Motors, we’re, Shawn Fain, GM's, Fain, Sam Fiorani, Ultium, Harley Shaiken, Jim Farley, Ford, Stellantis, Mark Stewart, Tesla, Elon, we've, walkouts, Joe White, David Shepardson, Abhirup Roy, Dan Burns, Ben Klayman, Abhijith, David Gaffen, Peter Henderson, Nick Zieminski, Matthew Lewis Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors Lansing Delta, Michigan U.S, REUTERS, Detroit Three, UAW GM, UAW, GM, Ford, Detroit, General, Ford Motor, Chrysler, EV, AutoForecast Solutions, Korea's LG Energy, Democratic U.S, Samsung SDI, University of California, LG, Samsung, American, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Thomson Locations: Delta Township, Michigan, DETROIT, GM's Arlington , Texas, U.S, Ohio, Indiana, Berkeley, Milan, Detroit, Washington

☆ 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

☆ Unifor says GM resisting important elements of Ford pattern agreement
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 6 (Reuters) - Canadian workers union Unifor on Friday said General Motors (GM.N) was "resisting" a number of important elements of its pattern agreement with Ford Motor (F.N). Unifor represents about 4,300 workers at GM covered by these talks. GM Canada did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Unifor's talks with the Detroit Three automakers in Canada are separate from the United Auto Workers (UAW) union's coordinated action in the United States.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Unifor's, union's, Shivansh, Maju Samuel Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Motors, Ford Motor, Ford, Unifor, GM, GM Canada, Detroit Three, United Auto Workers, UAW, United States, Detroit, Chrysler, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Canada, United States, United, 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

☆ GM makes counteroffer to UAW in strike talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. GM said the offer was its sixth since talks between the sides began. A source familiar with the talks said there had been movement in a few key areas. A targeted strike against the Detroit Three automakers, including Ford(F.N) and Stellantis(STLAM.MI), began on Sept. 15.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Ben Klayman, Chizu Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Rights, United Auto Workers, UAW, U.S ., GM, ”, Detroit Three, Ford, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S

Search resuls for: "Rebecca C"

25 mentions found