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United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike
The union struck a four-year agreement with the German company on Friday evening, just before the expiration of the previous contract.
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The union struck a four-year agreement with the German company on Friday evening, just before the expiration of the previous contract.
Last year striking workers won more generous contracts from the Big Three automakers, making up for pay cuts taken during the Great Recession, and marking a comeback for the labor movement.
The three automakers are breaking the law and want workers to "sit down and shut up," United Auto Workers union chief Shawn Fain said.
Workers at some Ford, GM and Stellantis plants are opposing the UAW's tentative agreement. "This is not a clean sweep," one. labor expert said.
UAW President Shawn Fain hails "groundbreaking" agreement with GM and says union is suspending its strike with the Detroit automakers.
The pact with Stellantis comes just days after the UAW struck a similar deal with Ford, leaving only GM without an agreement.
The pressure is now on General Motors and Stellantis to reach similar deals, labor experts said.
With the tentative deal reached with Ford, the UAW will now be able to use it to model similar contract settlements with GM and Stellantis.
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Stellantis workers walked off the job at Sterling Heights Assembly, the company's largest and most profitable plant.
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UAW President Shawn Fain said striking autoworkers are "winning" by securing key concessions from Ford, GM and Stellantis.
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UAW President Shawn Fain said 7,000 union workers in Chicago and Lansing, Michigan, will join the historic strike.
President Biden said the UAW "saved the auto industry back in 2008," and should reap the benefits of profits now.
United Auto Workers chief Shawn Fain said the strike would expand to 38 GM and Stellantis parts distribution centers, but highlighted progress with Ford.
UAW leaders point to large increase in CEO salaries as proof Detroit's Big Three can afford to pay workers more.
"We're not messing around," Union chief Shawn Fain said in setting Friday deadline unless talks progress with Big Three automakers.
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said the union is rejecting a 21% pay increase offered by one of the Big Three automakers.
Workers face tension over wages and a frantic pace of work, said a veteran of the automaker's assembly factory in suburban Detroit.
The UAW is threatening to have many of its 140,000 members walk off the job at 11:59 p.m. unless Detroit's Big Three automakers and the union agree on new contracts.
Work stoppage at Detroit automakers could dent the car industry and dampen broader U.S. economic growth.
The automakers, which are making billions in profits, have dismissed union's desired 46% pay raise, 32-hour workweek and pensions as "unrealistic."
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West Metro Fire Rescue says crews responded to a detached garage fire near Morrison Road and Kipling Street.
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