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Here's why the UAW's record deals with GM, Ford and Stellantis aren't getting full support
The deals, which were recommended for ratification by UAW leaders, are each currently on pace to pass. Yet they’ve received notable rejections at Ford and GM.
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Watch: President Biden lands in Rockford Thursday morning for Illinois auto plant visit
President Joe Biden went to Chicago on June 28 to give a landmark speech on “Bidenomics, ” only to learn in private during the trip about a soon-to-close auto factory, news that was a challenge to his vision for the country.
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Biden in Illinois Thursday
On Thursday, Biden will visit Belvidere to showcase that same auto plant, which has reopened as part of the settlement of a targeted strike by the United Auto Workers union. Lisa Chavarria has more.
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Biden, Pritzker, UAW President speak at auto plant in Belvidere
President Joe Biden is going to a Stellantis auto plant in the small city of Belvidere, Illinois.
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UAW in tentative deal to end labor strike with Stellantis but expands its strike at General Motors
The tentative deal is the result of contentious negotiations, which saw thousands of union members walk out of plants and onto picket lines.
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UAW reaches deal with Ford, a breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakers
The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford that could be a breakthrough toward ending the nearly 6-week-old strikes against Detroit automakers.
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More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows
More Americans sympathize with the striking auto workers than with the three big car companies that employ them.
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UAW launches strike against Ford's Kentucky truck plant, signaling major escalation in labor fight
United Auto Workers has unexpectedly expanded its U.S. strikes at Ford Motor to a highly profitable SUV and truck plant for the automaker in Kentucky.
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Chicago-area Ford plant announces layoffs amid UAW strike
The ongoing United Auto Workers strike took a new turn Tuesday, as 240 workers at a Ford stamping facility in suburban Chicago Heights were furloughed by the company.
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Chicago-area Ford plant announces layoffs amid UAW strike
Two Ford plants, including one in the Chicago area, have announced layoffs amid the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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UAW strikes spread to Chicago Ford assembly plant as 7,000 more workers join the picket line
The United Auto Workers union says its two-week strike against Detroit automakers will spread to 7,000 more workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan.
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UAW to announce plans to expand strike in contract dispute with companies
Additional walkouts, including at plants in Chicago, will take place at noon Friday without serious progress in contract talks, the union said.
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Trump says he always had autoworkers' backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwise
When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers.
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UAW strike continues in Chicago area as union tries to reach deal
The United Auto Workers strike in the Chicagoland area continues for the second day from Naperville to Bolingbrook as negotiations remain ongoing as the union tries to reach an agreement with the big three.
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Suburban Chicago GM, Stellantis parts distribution centers join UAW strike
United Auto Worker President Shawn Fain in an update Friday called on all UAW workers at GM and Stellantis parts and distribution centers across the country to strike over a demand for higher wages, a shorter work week and other benefits.
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UAW members at Chicago ford assembly plant could go on strike
The nation’s biggest automakers – and car buyers everywhere — will learn Friday whether the United Auto Workers union will escalate its strike over a demand for higher wages, a shorter work week and other benefits. Jen DeSalvo has more.
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Workers rally at Chicago auto assembly plant
Hundreds of workers at the Chicago auto assembly plant could be next in line to walk off the job. They are rallying as part of the nationwide UAW strike. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.
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Trump plans to meet with striking autoworkers in Michigan instead of attending second GOP debate
The Sept. 27 trip, first reported by The New York Times, will also include a primetime speech.
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United Auto Workers union sets deadline for ‘serious progress' or more locals will go on strike
The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three is now in its fourth day. There were no signs Monday of an early breakthrough that might end the strike, and the United Auto Workers have threatened to escalate their walkout against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
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Striking autoworkers want to end a system that pays different wages for the same job
Striking autoworkers want to be paid more. They also want to be paid more equally.