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News Articles: autoworkers

In a major win for the UAW, Stellantis agreed in late 2023 to reopen its plant in Belvidere, Ill., investing in a new parts hub in 2024, a new stamping operation in 2025, and production of a new midsize truck in 2027. Stellantis has since delayed those plans, citing market conditions.

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Union autoworkers won big after striking. A year later, some face an uncertain future

Last fall's strike against Ford, GM and Stellantis yielded record contracts for autoworkers. With a slowdown in car sales, Stellantis workers now face job cuts, production slowdowns and uncertainty.

September 13, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
More than 5,000 workers assemble luxury SUVs and EV batteries for Mercedes-Benz in Alabama.

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Mercedes workers vote no to union. UAW says they were illegally intimidated

More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-up.

May 17, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Stephan Bisaha
Left to right: Ka'Marr Coleman-Byrd, Deasia Sampson and Shelly Zissler, some of the undecided voters <em>Morning Edition</em> spoke to in the Detroit area.

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Many in Michigan don't know how — or whether — they'll vote in the general election

NPR spoke to autoworkers, college students and Black churchgoers in the Detroit area about the general election. Many aren't excited about their likely choices, with some unsure they'll vote at all.

February 28, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
United Auto Workers members strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant on September 29, 2023 in Lansing, Michigan. xx% of GM workers have so far voted xx on ratifying the tentative contract agreement.

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GM autoworkers' contract appears likely to pass over many workers' objections

Even with pay raises of 25% and other improvements on the table, a large share of General Motors autoworkers are voting to reject the contract reached after a nearly seven-week strike.

November 15, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
The United Auto Workers union and the Big 3 automakers say the record contract deals reached after a six-week strike will be life-changing for autoworkers. But some lament the gains don't fully make up for past concessions.

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Why thousands of UAW autoworkers are voting 'no' on Big 3's 'life-changing' contracts

After a six-week strike, the United Auto Workers union reached record contract deals with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. But as workers vote on the deals, some say it's not enough.

November 14, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
Stellantis shows off its Ram truck lineup at the Chicago Auto Show in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2023. The UAW ordered 6,800 union members to walk off their jobs at the company's lucrative Ram pickup assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Mich.

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UAW expands its auto strike once again, hitting a key plant for Ram pickup trucks

The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against the automaker Stellantis, calling on 6,800 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant outside Detroit to walk out Monday morning.

October 23, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Factory workers and UAW union members form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 14, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more

Five weeks into the autoworkers' strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the automakers have significantly increased their offers but UAW leader Shawn Fain says there's still room to move.

October 20, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on Sept. 15 in Detroit.

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Autoworkers used to have lifelong health care and pension income. They want it back

Retirement security remains a sticking point in the ongoing talks between the United Auto Workers union and the Big 3 automakers. The union wants to see a return of pensions and retiree health care.

October 18, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
UAW President Shawn Fain joins union members at a rally at the UAW Local 551 hall on the South Side in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2023. Fain said on Friday the union will now be ready to expand its strike at any time, calling it a "new phase" in its fight against the Big Three automakers.

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  • Business

UAW announces new approach in its historic strike against the Big Three automakers

A month after auto workers first walked off the job, UAW President Shawn Fain said the union will be ready to call for an expansion of its strike against Big Three automakers at any time.

October 13, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.

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UAW has a unique strike strategy. It keeps Detroit Big 3 automakers guessing

For the first time, the UAW is on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers at once. Workers at three plants have been called out so far, with more to follow Friday if there's no progress on a deal.

September 19, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
Former President Donald Trump speaks at an event in Washington on September 15.

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Trump to skip second GOP debate and head to Detroit to court autoworkers instead

Former President Donald Trump won't be at the second Republican debate, unsurprisingly. His counter-programming this time involves union autoworkers, engaged in a strike against Detroit automakers.

September 19, 2023
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By:
  • Don Gonyea and
  • Franco Ordoñez

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