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Sixty years ago today was the debut of one of the world’s most successful cars, and my personal favorite, Ford’s Mustang .
The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March ...
by jck
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Ford has started shipping the adapters to allow access to the Tesla Fast charging network. This is actually a big deal for the future of EV adoption. Throughout the year other manufacturers will be added and thus the convergence on a standard is now...
by Judeling
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 08:43 AM PST
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A serious milestone was reached Tuesday when a majority of workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama, signed union cards. It was the result of a recently launched organizing drive by the United Auto Workers in nonunion plants, particularly in...
by Charles Jay
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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This story first appeared on the Kentucky State AFL-CIO website. By BERRY CRAIG AFT retiree President Joe Biden praised United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain as a union "leader with a backbone like a ramrod" who's "done one hell of a job." Fain is...
by Berry Craig
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on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 12:20 PM PST
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When President Joe Biden joined striking auto workers on the picket lines in September, he took a gamble by making the strongest pro-union show of solidarity of any sitting U.S. president in history ...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 11:30 AM PDT
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President Joe Biden made history on Sept. 26 when he became the first sitting president to walk a union picket line, traveling to Detroit in an unequivocal show of support for striking United Auto Workers members. Donning a union ball cap and speaking...
by Charles Jay
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 01:00 PM PDT
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“Record profits mean record contracts” sounded like an aspirational slogan as the United Auto Workers went on strike against the Big Three automakers. But it’s what the union made happen over ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 02:30 PM PDT
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DETROIT (AP) — Jeep maker Stellantis reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union on Saturday as it escalated strikes against General Motors by adding a plant in ...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 06:01 AM PDT
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On the heels of the tentative agreement with the Ford Motor Company, the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement with Stellantis to end the 44 day strike. The terms appear to be similar to those reached with Ford, but it also includes...
by 728huey
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on Sat Oct 28, 2023 at 03:54 PM PDT
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We have a major change in tactics by the UAW. One of the major Ford plants is now out. This particular plant is responsible for some of the most profitable models and represents about 1/6 of Ford’s revenue. The UAW is pressing hard and this mid-week...
by Judeling
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on Wed Oct 11, 2023 at 08:21 PM PDT
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The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit's three automakers after General Motors made a breakthrough concession on unionizing electric vehicle battery plants. Union President Shawn Fain told workers in a...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Oct 06, 2023 at 02:05 PM PDT
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The United Auto Workers strike against Detroit automakers has spread to dozens of facilites nationwide. And the walkouts are deepening. The UAW’s targeted strikes against General Motors, Stellantis and Ford began at select plants after the union’s...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 08:24 AM PDT
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The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit's three automakers. The union says President Shawn Fain will make the announcement at 10 a.m. Eastern time in a video appearance addressing...
by Associated Press
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 11:50 AM PDT
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Big news today: President Joe Biden plans to visit Michigan on Tuesday to show support for the United Auto Workers as they continue their strike against the Detroit Three car companies. Biden's visit was confirmed Friday by three sources familiar with...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Sep 22, 2023 at 02:36 PM PDT
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Donald Trump is planning to go to Detroit and make a speech to union members instead of participating in the second Republican presidential primary debate next week. It looks like he’ll be doing that amid an autoworkers strike that is escalating, not...
by Laura Clawson
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on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 10:20 AM PDT
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NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit's three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises.
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by Associated Press
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on Mon Sep 18, 2023 at 07:20 AM PDT
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We are seeing a revival of trade union struggles in the US. Interestingly, there seems to be support for these among Americans if both Gallup (August) and the Morning Consult (September) Polls are accurate. We are witnessing a sea-change in support for...
by NY brit expat
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on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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President Joe Biden made a strong statement Friday in support of the United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three automakers: Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (formerly known as Chrysler). Though Biden said the companies had made substantial...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 05:43 PM PDT
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Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says 'record profits' should be shared President Joe Biden on Friday dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve � the strike by unionized autoworkers , expressing sympathy for the union by suggesting that the Big 3 ...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 12:18 PM PDT
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About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay. Members of the United Auto...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 05:53 AM PDT
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