Autoworkers Narrowly Approve Contract With General Motors Workers at General Motors have become the first of the Big Three to ratify the United Autoworkers contract agreement with the automaker, but it was a much closer vote than you may have thought. The agreement passed by a 55 percent to 45 percent margin, according to Automotive News. Read more…

A Historic Strike (and Win) for Autoworkers The tentative deals with Ford Motor, General Motors and Stellantis are the most generous in decades.

The Autoworkers’ Victories The pay increases are the largest that autoworkers have received in decades.

Here’s What It Took To End The Autoworkers Strikes Good morning! It’s Monday, October 30, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

Nonunion Workers Are Playing a Big Role in the Autoworkers’ Strike The three U.S. automakers say they are already at a disadvantage to nonunion rivals while labor leaders hope that big gains in negotiations will inspire workers in Southern states to unionize.

Trump and the GOP are trying to drive a wedge between autoworkers and EVs Image: GettyLast night, former President and current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump appeared before a crowd in suburban Detroit and tried out his new attack lines against electric vehicles. EVs are too expensive, the former president argued (via The Detroit News); they don’t have enough range and will spur American job losses. EV batteries …

Why Biden and Trump Are Courting Striking Autoworkers The president and his leading Republican rival are heading to Michigan to address members of the U.A.W., whose political clout is growing.

Autoworkers Walked Out at Dozens More Plants Also, Senator Menendez is charged with bribery. Here is the latest at the end of Friday.

Strike Is a High-Stakes Gamble for Autoworkers and the Labor Movement Experts on unions and the industry said the U.A.W. strike could accelerate a wave of worker actions, or stifle labor’s recent momentum

Striking Autoworkers Are Cool to Biden’s Embrace The president has highlighted his pro-union credentials, but inflation has eroded blue-collar livelihoods and chilled support for the president on the picket lines.

Biden Sides With the Autoworkers Also, a look at post-pandemic fashion. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

The EV revolution is on hold as the ‘Big Three’ autoworkers go on strike Photo by MATTHEW HATCHER / AFP via Getty ImagesAt midnight on Friday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) went on strike, imperiling the “Big Three” automakers’ plans to spend billions of dollars on electric vehicles in a bid to catch up to Tesla. It was a historic moment — never before had workers at all three companies gone on strike at the same ti…

The Autoworkers Go on Strike The action by the United Auto Workers is part of a burst of labor activism attempting to reverse a decades-long trend.

The ‘Big Three’ autoworkers are about to go on strike — here’s what’s at stake Image: Getty ImagesStrike fever is about to sweep through the nation’s auto industry, with the United Auto Workers preparing to walk off the job on September 14th if the “Big Three” automakers — Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler’s parent company, Stellantis — don’t agree to the union’s demands for pay increases, shorter working days, and strong…

What to Know About the Potential Autoworkers Strike U.A.W. workers could strike as soon as Friday. The union and the carmakers remain far apart on wages.