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News Articles: Big 3 automakers

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
Workers form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 12, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. This week, a majority of workers at the plant voted no on the tentative contract deal.

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UAW workers at major Ford and GM truck plants vote 'no' on record contract deals

Big 3 autoworkers are voting on the record contracts that emerged after the six-week auto strike. While the overall tallies so far favor the deals, a majority voted no at two major truck plants.

November 14, 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
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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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
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union march through the streets of downtown Detroit following a rally on the first day of the UAW strike in Detroit, Michigan, on September 15, 2023. Workers at the "Big Three" US auto manufacturers went on strike on September 15, 2023.

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With unprecedented strike underway, auto workers want to 'play hardball'

Autoworkers' emotions — from excitement to fear and apprehension — are running high as the United Auto Workers launches an unprecedented strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis at once.

September 16, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Camila Domonoske
General Motors CEO Mary Barra made nearly $29 million in 2022. This amount is 362 times the median GM employee's paycheck, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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Sky-high CEO pay is in focus as workers everywhere are demanding higher wages

As autoworkers' real wages fall, top executives at the Big Three carmakers continue to earn tens of millions of dollars each year — hundreds of times more than the median employee.

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kaye and
  • Andrea Hsu

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