Latest United Auto Workers News

Volkswagen workers to vote on union representation next month in the 1st test of recruiting drive

Mar. 25, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Workers at Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. The National Labor Relations Board said Monday that the election will take place from April 17 to 19 at the...

Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union

Mar. 18, 2024 13:54 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers' effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. Workers at the 3.8 million square foot (353,353 square meter) factory on Monday filed paperwork...

UAW says a majority of workers at an Alabama Mercedes plant have signed cards supporting the union

Feb. 27, 2024 18:19 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers said Tuesday that a majority of workers at a Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have signed cards in support of joining the union. The plant in Vance, Alabama, is the second one to reach more than 50% of workers signing up, according to...

Ford and UAW reach local contract agreement at Kentucky Truck plant, averting threat of a strike

Feb. 21, 2024 10:28 AM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative agreement on a local contract at the company's largest and most profitable factory, averting the threat of a strike. The union said last week said that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky...

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

Feb. 19, 2024 15:02 PM EST

Traverse City Record-Eagle. February 16, 2024. Editorial: Jail diversion corrects the systems A young man overdoses, and is so far gone that six doses of Narcan are required to bring him back to life. That night, the 21-year-old cried for hours because...

Auto workers threaten to strike again at Ford's huge Kentucky truck plant in local contract dispute

Feb. 16, 2024 16:37 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is threatening to go on strike next week at Ford Motor Co.'s largest and most profitable factory in a dispute over local contract language. The union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will...

Ford CEO says company will rethink where it builds vehicles after last year's autoworkers strike

Feb. 15, 2024 17:40 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Last fall's contentious United Auto Workers' strike changed Ford's relationship with the union to the point where it will “think carefully” about where it builds future vehicles, Ford's top executive said Thursday. CEO Jim Farley told the Wolfe Research Global...

Number of American workers hitting the picket lines more than doubled last year as unions flexed

Feb. 15, 2024 12:00 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Auto workers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed for months. And healthcare, education and hospitality employees also withheld their labor while calling for improved pay and job conditions. The number of U.S. workers on strike more than...

Ford posts $523 million 4Q net loss on accounting charge for pensions but beats analyst estimates

Feb. 06, 2024 20:10 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday reported that it swung to a net loss in the fourth quarter due to a large accounting charge on pension plans and the effects of a six-week strike at multiple factories by the United Auto Workers union. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker...

Biden thanks hospitality workers in Las Vegas ahead of Nevada's Tuesday primary

Feb. 05, 2024 16:49 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday congratulated hospitality workers for reaching a tentative agreement with several Las Vegas hotel-casinos and calling off a strike deadline for another, telling members of the local culinary union, “When you do well, everybody does better.” ...