President Biden pulled a red United Automobile Workers T-shirt over his button-down on Thursday and celebrated a landmark labor deal that kept a Stellantis manufacturing plant in business, using an appearance in Illinois to shore up crucial union support. “I’ve worn this shirt a lot, man,” Mr. Biden told a man in the crowd, one… Continue reading Biden Bolsters Union Support in Illinois
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‘Our Family Can Have a Future’: Ford Workers on a New Union Contract
Before autoworkers went on strike in September, Dave and Bailey Hodge were struggling to juggle the demands of working at a Ford Motor plant in Michigan and raising their young family. Both were working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, to earn enough to cover monthly bills, car payments and the mortgage on a home… Continue reading ‘Our Family Can Have a Future’: Ford Workers on a New Union Contract
A New Law Supercharged Electric Car Manufacturing, but Not Sales
President Biden’s signature climate law has stimulated a surge of investment in electric vehicle production across the country, including tens of billions of dollars on battery plants across the South and new assembly lines near the Great Lakes. Based on early evidence, it is succeeding at a goal that economists have long considered difficult and… Continue reading A New Law Supercharged Electric Car Manufacturing, but Not Sales
Ford Will Cut Planned Electric F-150 Production as Demand Slows
Slower-than-expected growth in sales of electric vehicles has forced several automakers to scale back once-ambitious production plans. Ford Motor has become the latest company to join that pullback. In a memo sent to suppliers, the company said that it now expected to produce an average of 1,600 electric F-150 Lightning pickup trucks per week in… Continue reading Ford Will Cut Planned Electric F-150 Production as Demand Slows
U.A.W. Accuses Honda, Hyundai and Volkswagen of Labor Violations
The United Automobile Workers union accused three foreign automakers on Monday of unfair labor practices, asserting that they had interfered with efforts by employees to build support for the union at U.S. plants. The union said it had filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board contending that the automakers — Honda, Hyundai and Volkswagen… Continue reading U.A.W. Accuses Honda, Hyundai and Volkswagen of Labor Violations
G.M.’s Contract Deal With U.A.W. Faces Surprisingly Stiff Opposition
A United Automobile Workers union vote on a tentative contract agreement with General Motors that provides record wage increases has run into unexpectedly strong resistance from veteran workers. Voting at most union locals has been completed and the final result, due as early as Thursday evening, will very likely be decided by a narrow margin.… Continue reading G.M.’s Contract Deal With U.A.W. Faces Surprisingly Stiff Opposition
‘Our Family Can Have a Future’: Ford Workers on a New Union Contract
Before autoworkers went on strike in September, Dave and Bailey Hodge were struggling to juggle the demands of working at a Ford Motor plant in Michigan and raising their young family. Both were working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, to earn enough to cover monthly bills, car payments and the mortgage on a home… Continue reading ‘Our Family Can Have a Future’: Ford Workers on a New Union Contract
Tesla Wins Suit That Blamed Its Software for Deadly Crash
A California jury ruled on Tuesday that a crash that killed a Tesla owner and seriously injured two passengers was not the fault of the carmaker’s driver-assistance software. It is the first verdict involving a fatal crash in which lawyers representing the victims blamed Tesla’s Autopilot system. The technology allows a car to drive with… Continue reading Tesla Wins Suit That Blamed Its Software for Deadly Crash
U.A.W. Strikes Near an End After G.M. Reaches Tentative Deal
A six-week wave of strikes that hobbled the three largest U.S. automakers has resulted in tentative contract agreements that would give workers their biggest pay raises in decades while avoiding a protracted work stoppage that could have damaged the economy. On Monday, General Motors and the United Automobile Workers reached a deal that mirrored agreements… Continue reading U.A.W. Strikes Near an End After G.M. Reaches Tentative Deal
A Driving Tour of Southern California’s Back Roads
Perhaps nothing defines Los Angeles like the freeways: ribbons of asphalt and steel (and traffic jams) tying coast, valley and mountains together in a multilane, limited-access web. These highways were considered so essential that planners nearly jammed one right through the center of swanky Beverly Hills. But it wasn’t always this way. Before the first… Continue reading A Driving Tour of Southern California’s Back Roads