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Stellantis CEO under fire from Italian lawmakers as the group grapples with financial troubles

Oct. 11, 2024 13:07 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italian lawmakers on Friday questioned the head of Stellantis, the world's fourth largest automaker, over the group’s strategy, one day after it announced a management shakeup in an effort to revive sales. Stellantis, which makes Jeep and Chrysler vehicles, is...

Stellantis, seeking to revive sales, makes some leadership changes

Oct. 11, 2024 09:33 AM EDT

Stellantis, which makes Jeep and Chrysler vehicles, announced a number of significant leadership changes, including the timing of CEO Carlos Tavares' retirement and the departure of its chief financial officer as it struggles to revive sales in North America. Chief Financial Officer...

More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work

Oct. 06, 2024 20:46 PM EDT

Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and particularly for women of color. But Black and Latina women are starting to gain ground, landing top positions at...

Dockworkers' union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

Oct. 05, 2024 10:38 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. The International Longshoremen’s Association is suspending its...

In Michigan, Harris doesn't get hoped-for firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

Oct. 04, 2024 20:43 PM EDT

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — It was the perfect place to welcome the endorsement of the firefighters union — a gleaming new firehouse in a blue-collar town just outside of Detroit in the key battleground state of Michigan. But by the time Kamala Harris showed up in Redford...

Dockworkers' union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

Oct. 03, 2024 21:33 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to...

Source: Union for 45,000 US dockworkers agree to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate new contract

Oct. 03, 2024 18:33 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — Source: Union for 45,000 US dockworkers agree to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate new contract.

Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact

Oct. 02, 2024 15:53 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The massive port workers' strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will be replaced by machines. The International Longshoremen's Association,...

The president could invoke a 1947 law to try to suspend the dockworkers' strike. Here's how

Oct. 02, 2024 14:39 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas. At issue is Section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947,...

Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports

Oct. 01, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Organized labor enjoys rising public support...