A skilled workforce is needed in the growing electrified-vehicle industry as EV sales quadrupled from 2020 to 2023 and 300 new or expanded battery facilities have been announced.
The agreement with the California Air Resources Board represents a break with the past for Stellantis and Fiat Chrysler, its principal unit in North America, which had opposed tighter regulations for light-duty vehicles.
Labor expert Harley Shaiken says the key to the UAW’s efforts to organize nonunion plants is the success of last fall’s “stand-up” strikes against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
AlixPartners defines disruption as “the displacement of businesses, markets and value networks as a result of economic, societal, environmental, political, regulatory or technological changes.”
The UAW warned it would strike Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant unless it was able to negotiate a new local contract at the big complex, which already had played a decisive role in last autumn’s stand-up strike. A...
The UAW argues that helping improve wages and working conditions for auto workers in Mexico will give automakers less incentive to “offshore” their operations there.
The cockpit incorporates the latest developments from both companies such as simplified controls, more precise maps and driving instructions and more effective voice recognition. It also makes it easier for...
While the UAW has said it seeks to organize all nonunion auto plants in the U.S., most of them in the South, VW Chattanooga may provide the union with its best opportunity.