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DETROIT (AP) - About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn't reach a deal with Detroit's automakers. (wwlp.com)
DETROIT (AP) - Entering contract talks with Detroit's three automakers, Shawn Fain set lofty expectations for what he could gain for his union members - and delivered on many of them. (keloland.com)
DETROIT (AP) - Nearly one in 10 of America's unionized auto workers went on strike Friday to pressure Detroit's three automakers into raising wages in an era of big profits and as the industry begins a costly transition from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles . (wgntv.com)
DETROIT (AP) - Leaders of the United Auto Workers union are considering targeted strikes at a small number of factories run by each of Detroit's three automakers if they can't reach contract agreements by a Thursday night deadline. (wowt.com)
DETROIT (AP) - 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. (mbtmag.com)

DETROIT (AP) - 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. (yahoo.com)
At 8 p.m. this evening (Thursday) at Solidarity House in Detroit, the United Auto Workers presented its first substantive counterproposal to Ford a few hours from the expiration of the current four-year collective bargain agreement. (ktvu.com)
DETROIT (FOX 2) - If Big Three automakers and United Auto Workers do not reach a deal on Thursday, workers will take to the picket line . (fox2detroit.com)
DETROIT - Drivers snapped up new models and rental-car companies and governments expanded their fleets in May, leading to big U.S. sales gains for most automakers. (newsday.com)
Detroit automakers Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group Llc saw double-digit sales gains over the same month last year, when GM was headed into bankruptcy protection and Chrysler was already there. (newsday.com)
The union's leaders skipped the traditional handshake ceremonies it usually holds with these automakers, which are often called the Big Three or Detroit Three. (philstockworld.com)
The strikes are limited for now to three assembly plants: a GM factory in Wentzville, Missouri, a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit, and a Jeep plant run by Stellantis in Toledo, Ohio. (wgntv.com)
The workers received support from President Joe Biden , who dispatched aides to Detroit to help resolve the impasse and said the Big 3 automakers should share their "record profits. (wgntv.com)
The United Auto Workers has notched a lot of wins in the last few days in standoffs with the Detroit automakers over electric vehicles and their batteries - but with an asterisk. (eenews.net)
The UAW made clear that the resolution of its fights with the Detroit automakers is the prelude to a new round of organizing. (eenews.net)
The union, Fain says, also will have to organize Detroit automakers' EV battery plants, which are joint ventures with South Korean companies. (wokv.com)
DETROIT - Two of Detroit's big three automakers indicated over the weekend they would begin recalling some factory workers back to their respective plants as Michigan businesses seek to start reopening amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (fox7austin.com)
With less than 24 hours left before current strikes expire, the United Auto Workers' union and the Detroit Big 3 automakers have not yet reached a deal. (wlrh.org)
The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Detroit big three automakers are gearing up for the latest round of contract talks. (manufacturing.net)
TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Detroit big three automakers are gearing up for the latest round of contract talks that begin today, the first time in a decade that negotiations will be held as the companies are making a healthy profit. (manufacturing.net)
Ontario has seen the Detroit Three carmakers - GM, Ford and Chrysler - cut thousands of jobs in the last decade as their parent companies restructured in the United States. (manufacturing.net)
Outside the Ford plant in suburban Detroit, Britney Johnson, 35, who has worked for the company about 3 1/2 years and has yet to reach top union wages, said she'd like higher pay, the return of pensions, and cost of living increases. (mbtmag.com)

This would reduce 2023 EBIT by roughly $1.3 billion," said Lawler, noting that Ford will provide updates on its full-year guidance once the agreement is ratified. (yahoo.com)
United Auto Workers member Marcel Edwards carries On Strike signs from the picket line to Local 900 headquarters at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (rochesterfirst.com)
The United Auto Workers union, which represents nearly 150,000 employees of companies that manufacture U.S.-made vehicles , kicked off in mid-July 2023 the labor negotiations it undergoes every four years with the three main unionized automakers. (philstockworld.com)
United Auto Workers members walk a picket line during a strike at the Ford Motor Company Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (wgntv.com)
United Auto Workers members strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Wayne, Mich. (wvia.org)

We told Ford to pony up, and they did," President Shawn Fain said in a video address to members. (yahoo.com)
The union on Wednesday unexpectedly shut down Ford's largest and most profitable assembly operation, the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, after Fain said the automaker refused to make progress at the bargaining table. (chicagobusiness.com)
Fain suggested the automaker had become complacent in its approach to the talks. (chicagobusiness.com)
Ford thought they could sit back and not make further progress in bargaining because they thought they had the best deal on the table," Fain said. (chicagobusiness.com)
Now, Fain has set his latest ambitious goal: To gain UAW membership in nonunion companies across the industry - from foreign automakers with U.S. operations like Toyota to electric vehicle makers like Tesla to EV battery plants that will likely represent a sizable share of auto jobs in the decades ahead. (keloland.com)
Fain has adopted a much more confrontational attitude towards automakers than previous UAW leaders. (wlrh.org)
Even Fain has called the union's demands audacious, but he maintains the automakers are raking in billions and can afford them. (mbtmag.com)
The combative Fain narrowly won his post last spring with a fiery campaign against that culture, which he called "company-unionism," which he said sold out workers by allowing plant closures and failing to extract more money from the automakers. (kstp.com)

All three automakers released statements Thursday night and early Friday, with General Motors and Stellantis both saying that they are disappointed with the union's leadership. (ktvu.com)
It's not clear that the UAW will agree upon a new contract with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis - the automaker that manufactures Chrysler and 13 other vehicle brands - by their impending deadline . (philstockworld.com)
And whether or not there's a strike, it's up to Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. (philstockworld.com)
Talks resumed on Saturday following the launch of an unprecedented strike against the Big Three automakers - Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram. (wvia.org)

Previously Ford, Stellantis and General Motors had all offered 23% pay increases. (yahoo.com)
With the Ford deal ratified, Unifor can now try to replicate that agreement at the other big automakers, Stellantis and General Motors. (oakbaynews.com)
The UAW is conducting a strike against Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. (wwlp.com)
Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors have provided proposals that the union has rejected. (fox2detroit.com)

For Ford, that means cutting operational costs and scaling quickly in an attempt to land on the sweet spot that Tesla has nailed. (yahoo.com)
If implemented, the proposal would more than double Ford's current UAW-related labor costs, which are already significantly higher than the labor costs of Tesla, Toyota and other foreign-owned automakers in the United States that utilize non-union-represented labor. (ktvu.com)
The Silverado EV and Ram 1500 REV have yet to be released, while the Tesla Cybertruck has recently joined the Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning for sale in the U.S. And, yet, all of these current and upcoming EV trucks are trailing the electric Toyota Tacoma in popularity, according to a survey from Autolist. (yahoo.com)
Automakers in turn are slowing their EV investments, which raises questions about what workers will ultimately win, and whether traditional automakers will continue to prosper as they compete with a dominant Tesla. (eenews.net)
The first target, Masters said, would probably be Tesla, by far the country's No. 1 electric automaker, whose CEO Elon Musk is vociferously anti-union. (eenews.net)
On the flip side, Tesla is spending an average of $2,984 per car sold on research and development (R&D)-often triple the amount of other traditional automakers. (visualcapitalist.com)

Apple said it is talking to several automakers over its new generation of its CarPlay that will more deeply integrate its software into the core driving systems of cars. (autonews.com)
Several automakers have been quick to reevaluate their advertising relationships with Twitter. (autonews.com)

Auto dealers could run short of vehicles, raising prices and pushing customers to buy from foreign automakers with nonunionized workers. (kstp.com)

When it comes to advertising, the average spend among traditional automakers is $495 per vehicle. (visualcapitalist.com)

Ford and United Auto Workers union negotiators reached a tentative agreement Wednesday to end what has become a six-week strike. (yahoo.com)
The Ford deal could set the pattern for agreements with the other two automakers, where workers will remain on strike. (yahoo.com)
The UAW called on all workers at Ford to return to their jobs and said that will put pressure on GM and Stellantis to bargain. (yahoo.com)
UAW Vice President Chuck Browning, the chief negotiator with Ford, said workers will get a 25% general wage increase, plus cost of living raises that will put the pay increase over 30%, to above $40 per hour for top-scale assembly plant workers by the end of the contract. (yahoo.com)
(FOX 2) - Big Three automakers expressed disappointment as UAW workers walked out of its plants to strike Friday. (ktvu.com)
Automakers and the UAW will head to the bargaining table again Saturday in an attempt to reach a deal now that contracts have expired and workers have begun striking. (ktvu.com)
It also impacts the very 57,000 UAW-Ford workers we are trying to reward with this contract. (ktvu.com)
The union that represents 5,600 workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada confirmed Sunday its members had ratified a three-year contract with the automaker. (oakbaynews.com)
The United Auto Workers union is seeking big raises and better benefits from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. (wwlp.com)
Perhaps most important to the union is that it be allowed to represent workers at 10 electric vehicle battery factories, most of which are being built by joint ventures between automakers and South Korean battery makers. (wwlp.com)
Still, full-time workers have received profit-sharing checks ranging this year from $9,716 at Ford to $14,760 at Stellantis. (wwlp.com)
But he contends that the richly profitable automakers can afford to raise workers' pay significantly to make up for what the union gave up to help the companies withstand the 2007-2009 financial crisis and the Great Recession. (wwlp.com)
The site employs roughly 8,700 hourly workers who build Super Duty pickups and two full-size SUVs, the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. (chicagobusiness.com)
The addition of Kentucky Truck more than doubled the number of Ford workers on strike to 16,600. (chicagobusiness.com)
Last week, workers at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis collectively voted 64% to ratify the new settlement deals, which are among the richest contracts in the UAW 88-year history. (keloland.com)
They include greater job security and steep wage increases for UAW-represented workers covered by the union's contracts with GM, Ford and Stellantis. (philstockworld.com)
By striking simultaneously at General Motors, Ford and Chrysler owner Stellantis for the first time in its history, the United Auto Workers union is trying to inflict a new kind of pain on the companies and claw back some pay and benefits workers gave up in recent decades. (wgntv.com)
Now, roughly 13,000 of 146,000 workers at the three companies are on strike, making life complicated for automakers' operations, while limiting the drain on the union's $825 million strike fund. (wgntv.com)
Combined, the new agreements go a long way toward allaying union workers' fears that closing internal-combustion manufacturing plants and opening new ones for EVs would give the automakers an opening to shake themselves loose from their expensive labor contracts. (eenews.net)
Ford said it was planning to recall a skeleton crew of workers Monday as it took steps to restart its assembly lines. (fox7austin.com)
As coronavirus cases began to climb, the big three automakers shuttered their plants in mid-March as UAW leadership warned there weren't enough protections in place to guarantee workers could work safely. (fox7austin.com)
U.S. EPA is reopening a review of vehicle emissions requirements as President Trump flies to Michigan today to tout his jobs agenda with automakers and workers. (eenews.net)
Trump is heading to Michigan today to tout his jobs agenda to automakers and workers. (eenews.net)
Union president Ken Lewenza says investing in technology at the automakers' factories would increase productivity, improve profits and make workers' jobs more secure. (manufacturing.net)
The union represents approximately 4,500 workers at Ford, 8,000 workers at General Motors and another 8,000 at Chrysler. (manufacturing.net)
The United Auto Workers and automakers returned to the bargaining table this weekend but aren't making much progress, according to the union. (wvia.org)
Volvo Car: The automaker will reportedly increase the scope of its plant construction project in South Carolina, spending an additional $500 million and adding 1,900 workers. (autonews.com)

Each deal with an automaker was viewed as a template, but not a guarantee, for subsequent contract negotiations. (wgntv.com)

Santa Monica, CA - The state's award of a contract for up to 1,900 Ford vehicles for the California Highway Patrol and other state agencies is a snub to GM and Chrysler, which eagerly sought the prestigious contract. (consumerwatchdog.org)
The thinking is that once an automaker puts a color LCD display in the dash, then the cost is incremental to add a navigation component, especially if Chrysler doesn't pay the royalty on the nav software (an estimated $50-$100) unless it actually sells. (extremetech.com)
The union reluctantly gave concessions to General Motors and Chrysler in its last round as the two automakers teetered on the brink of insolvency. (manufacturing.net)
It's even higher than the collective amount going to R&D per car from three of the other automakers (Ford, GM, and Chrysler) combined. (visualcapitalist.com)

The strategy comes as the pace of talks with all three automakers picked up with less than two days left before contracts with the union expire at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday. (wowt.com)

That means a Ford worker with one year seniority will see their wages increase from $25.75 to $46.13 by the end of the three-year deal, which includes the cost-of-living allowance, the union said. (oakbaynews.com)
They want to see Ford, GM and Stellantis paying UAW-level wages and benefits at all joint-venture operated plants in the U.S. making batteries for their EVs. (philstockworld.com)
Wages at the Canadian automakers remained steady, but overall labour costs were reduced by cuts to some benefits. (manufacturing.net)
Lewenza said the union also made a number of "significant" sacrifices, including to wages, vacation time and cost-of-living payments, to help the struggling automakers in 2008 and 2009. (manufacturing.net)

Ford is delaying about $12 billion in planned investments on EVs, including construction of a second battery plant with joint venture partner SK On due to softening demand for higher priced premium electric vehicles. (yahoo.com)
The automaker has taken out some Mustang Mach e production and has slowed down several investments, including working with Korean battery maker SK On to delay a second Blue Oval SK joint venture battery plant in Kentucky. (yahoo.com)
Ford has also said it will evaluate its global Battery Park Michigan plant for potential adjustments. (yahoo.com)
Ford said it is pleased to have reached the deal, and said it would focus on restarting the huge Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, as well as the Chicago Assembly Plant. (yahoo.com)
The union called on members at three plants, Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio, and the GM Wentzville Assembly Plant in Missouri, to strike after contacts with the three automakers expired at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. (ktvu.com)
Ted Ryan, the archives and heritage brand manager at Ford, says the new uploads include everything from the Willow Run bomber plant the automaker built during World War II to historic Ford sites overseas. (wdet.org)
This file photo shows a production line at the Ford Otosan plant in Gölcük, Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey, April 30, 2018. (dailysabah.com)
The Ford Otosan plant in Gölcük, Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey is seen in this aerial photo dated Dec. 5, 2020. (dailysabah.com)
Ford has said it is pausing construction on an EV-assembly plant in Michigan and a battery plant in Kentucky. (eenews.net)
Ford did agree to put a wholly owned battery plant being planned for Michigan and a planned electric pickup plant in Tennessee into the UAW contract. (wokv.com)
The Ford plant in Louisville, Kentucky - along with its 3,900 employees - stands idle this week, after the automaker was forced to temporarily halt production due to shortages of critical microprocessors and other computer chips. (nbcnews.com)
Last October's fire at a major chip plant in Japan owned by Asahi Kasei Corp. has compounded headaches, especially for Japanese automakers. (nbcnews.com)

The four-year deal, which still has to be approved by 57,000 union members at the company, could bring a close to the union's series of strikes at targeted factories run by Ford, General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis. (yahoo.com)
Typically, during past auto strikes, a UAW deal with one automaker has led to the other companies matching it with their own settlements. (yahoo.com)
In the past, the union has held strikes against one automaker at a time , most recently in 2019 against GM . (philstockworld.com)
Strikes at individual plants would be far less costly to the union, which would have to pay $500 per week to each of its 146,000 members if it strikes against General Motors, Stellantis and Ford at the same time. (wowt.com)
If the union strikes against all three automakers at the same time, it would be a first in the union's more than 80-year history, said Nelson Lichtenstein, a history professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, who has researched the issue. (wowt.com)

As part of their bolder strategy, the UAW's new leaders have criticized the joint ventures between the three automakers and foreign-based electric battery producers. (philstockworld.com)

Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, said Aug. 28 it had passed U.S. rival Ford to become the third biggest auto manufacturer in the world, behind General Motors and Toyota. (industryweek.com)
All foreign-based automakers in the U.S., from Toyota to BMW, do not have union representation. (eenews.net)

Top automakers like Ford, Honda, General Motors and Volkswagen were caught off guard by the shortage even as automotive demand picked up during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing many of them to hold back production. (dailysabah.com)
Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, BMW, and Volvo worked with California to forge a responsible alternative path, one that would promote American jobs, protect clean air, and support the clean cars of the future. (senate.gov)
To demonstrate real leadership, automakers should also announce their support for the voluntary agreement led by Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, BMW, and Volvo, and begin to work with the President-elect on rules to make the near- and long-term reductions in emissions from cars and trucks that must be made. (senate.gov)
In July 2019, Ford Motor Company, Honda Motor Company, Volkswagen, and BMW - which together account for about 30 percent of U.S. vehicle sales - reached an agreement with the state of California on standards that would achieve continuous annual reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants while saving consumers money. (senate.gov)
Current vehicles manufactured in Taiwan includeFord Focus and the Ford Kuga Honda Taiwan manufactures Honda vehicles in Taiwan. (wikipedia.org)

Legacy automakers have been slow to catch up-and there's a reason for that, says Ford CEO Jim Farley. (nbc4i.com)
To save costs, Ford farmed out development of vehicle control modules, which govern the operation of everything from engines to seat adjusters, to suppliers like Bosch, Farley explains on a recent episode of the Fully Charged Show podcast, starting around the 25-minute mark. (nbc4i.com)
The suppliers own the software in modules they supply to Ford, and the sheer number of suppliers-about 150, according to Farley-makes managing vehicle software difficult. (nbc4i.com)
Ford is trying to address this by completely in-sourcing its next-generation electrical architecture, Farley said, and writing more software in-house. (nbc4i.com)
EVs are still in high demand," said Ford CEO Jim Farley during a call with investors last week. (eenews.net)
Ford CEO Jim Farley said Tuesday night that the company submitted a new offer to the union "that's our most generous offer in 80 years of the UAW and Ford. (wowt.com)
Ford CEO Jim Farley, with clear frustration, said his company had presented four increasingly generous offers without any substantive counter proposal from the union. (wlrh.org)

Automakers and the UAW have been negotiating new contracts, with the UAW saying what has been offered isn't enough. (ktvu.com)
All three automakers with expiring contracts have amassed nearly US$250 billion in reported profits in their North American operations over the past decade. (philstockworld.com)
Only hours remain before UAW contracts with the Big 3 automakers expire just before midnight. (wlrh.org)

Ford has bargained in good faith in an effort to avoid a strike, which could have wide-ranging consequences for our business and the economy. (ktvu.com)
With so much at stake - American jobs and the entire auto industry, our nation's economy and the planet's climate crisis - five automakers had the courage to buck the Trump administration and choose another way. (senate.gov)
For four years, Senator Carper met repeatedly with Trump administration officials and urged them to seek common ground and work with automakers and the state of California to strike a deal on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards. (senate.gov)
The industry's overall jump in sales shows that automakers are benefiting from a fragile but improving economy. (newsday.com)
European automakers argue stocks would negatively impact the U.S. economy, as well as their businesses. (tflcar.com)
This most recent threat escalates a standoff between the U.S. and the European Union, particularly as European automakers argue these tariffs will hurt the American economy as well as their businesses. (tflcar.com)

That's more than the 9,400 on strike at General Motors and 8,000 at Stellantis, even though Ford has offered larger raises than the other two automakers. (chicagobusiness.com)
Last known offers from GM and Ford were 10% raises over four years with lump sum annual payments in the years that raises are not awarded. (wowt.com)

A spokeswoman for Ford, which announced a software deal with Alphabet's Google last year, declined to comment on Apple's announcement. (autonews.com)
For four years, nearly every automaker told me that they wanted to see a deal between the Trump administration and the state of California. (senate.gov)
Ford officials on Thursday said company had reached the limit of what it could offer economically, although it could still move some money around within its current offer in hopes of reaching a deal. (chicagobusiness.com)
If the automakers and union still haven't reached a deal by then, a strike begins. (fox2detroit.com)
With the deadline to reach a deal now just a day away, Ford says the company has given the UAW its 'most generous offer in 80 years. (fox2detroit.com)
A spokesperson told CNBC last week that the automaker is not currently advertising on the platform and had not been before Musk's deal. (autonews.com)
The midterm review, part of a deal between President Obama and automakers in 2010, has become a flashpoint for car companies seeking relief on stringent targets and environmental advocates eager to defend Obama's climate policies. (eenews.net)
Automakers are starting to think this is a pretty sweet deal - especially with productivity not having taken much of a hit - and are now considering whether to extend at-home employment indefinitely. (thetruthaboutcars.com)
Pattern bargaining meant Ford got the same deal. (manufacturing.net)

The union hopes that its success in wrestling concessions from GM, Ford and Stellantis will spark a wave of organized-labor agitation at other major automakers. (eenews.net)
The union, which made concessions when the big U.S. automakers were struggling, says it wants to share in the profits now that the industry has rebounded. (manufacturing.net)

Automakers remain wary of allowing the tech giants unfettered access to the data generated by connected cars, or to allow them to displace the automakers' brands with their own in dashboard displays. (autonews.com)

Consumer Watchdog applauded the tentative award, noting that of the Big 3 U.S. automakers, only Ford is not in a coalition battling to keep a California tax loophole that benefits large out-of-state corporations to the tune of at least $1 billion a year. (consumerwatchdog.org)
Taxpayers shouldn't be paying millions to automakers that are happy to starve California schools, police departments and disabled people of funding," said Judy Dugan, research director for Consumer Watchdog. (consumerwatchdog.org)
Actually, since the four automakers' agreement with California was first announced, I have repeatedly called other automakers and urged them to join it. (senate.gov)
John Bozzella, Global Automakers' president and CEO, said he welcomed the administration's decision and looked forward to working with EPA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the California Air Resources Board 'on a review of the standards that is data driven and accounts for the needs of American consumers without locking in a prejudged outcome. (eenews.net)

Unifor and Ford reached a tentative agreement Tuesday after extending a strike deadline by 24 hours. (oakbaynews.com)

Automakers like Volvo import all its vehicles from the European Union. (tflcar.com)

European automakers including Daimler (Mercedes-Benz), Volkswagen and BMW also fell slightly. (tflcar.com)

Ford remains absolutely committed to reaching an agreement that rewards our employees and protects Ford's ability to invest in the future as we move through industry-wide transformation. (ktvu.com)
The Ford team continues to put 100% of our energy into reaching an agreement with the UAW that rewards our valued employees and allows the company to invest in the future. (fox2detroit.com)
The CAW also says the automakers need to invest in their Canadian facilities as a means of boosting job security. (manufacturing.net)
Falling sales, rising incentives and mounting vehicle inventories - is this really the right time for automakers to invest heavily in new U.S. production capacity? (autonews.com)

Your bargaining team pushed Ford of Canada on every front to deliver a contract that fundamentally transforms pension plans, provides protections during the (electric vehicle) transition and includes the highest wage increases in the history of Canadian auto bargaining," Payne said. (oakbaynews.com)

Ford said the strike had an EBIT impact of about $100 million in the third quarter and has trimmed about 80,000 units from the automaker's plan. (yahoo.com)
He added that Ford put 50% more money on the table than it did before the strike started on Sept. 15. (yahoo.com)
A strike is set to begin at midnight if the automakers and UAW do not compromise by 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14. (fox2detroit.com)
If there is a strike, it's not because Ford didn't make a great offer. (fox2detroit.com)
Given that the UAW is making major demands at a time of rising union assertiveness and ambition , I believe it's reasonable to wonder whether U.S. automakers will be the next industry to face a strike. (philstockworld.com)
The automakers cited uncertainties around the strike and an overall cooling of the EV market and said they wanted to retain the flexibility to respond to consumer demand. (eenews.net)
Instead of walking out en masse, the UAW is planning to strike at a small number of plants to start with - at one, two or all three companies, depending on whether any tentative deals are struck. (wlrh.org)
The 3 plants on strike assemble some of the automakers' most popular vehicles including Ford Broncos and Rangers, Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators, and Chevrolet's Colorado and the GMC Canyon. (wvia.org)
According to Ford, e-coating is a protection measure completed by the facility's paint department, which went on strike. (wvia.org)
Our production system is highly interconnected, which means the UAW's targeted strike strategy will have knock-on effects for facilities that are not directly targeted for a work stoppage," Ford said in a statement. (wvia.org)

5.9 billion (for improving the fuel efficency of Ford cars and trucks, including the Focus, Escape, Mustang, Taurus and F-150 pickup). (good.is)
In the end, these duties may continue to hurt automakers and shoppers, as manufacturers sell fewer cars in the U.S., and what cars they do sell become more expensive. (tflcar.com)
However, Yulon's manufacturing division continued to manufacture cars for other automakers. (wikipedia.org)
Ford Motor Co. last week said it will cut production at five North American assembly plants, mostly because of soft demand for its cars, including the long-popular Focus. (autonews.com)

That, he said, could become a problem if Ford fights the UAW's efforts to organize at the plants in Kentucky and Tennessee. (wokv.com)

The Volkswagen Group has taken its place among the world's top three automakers thanks to the Wolfsburg-based company's outstanding delivery figures in the first half of 2008," a statement said. (industryweek.com)
All automakers have met and exceeded the standards so far, but Volkswagen has been one of the leaders. (eenews.net)
Is the Volkswagen Golf GTI Faster than a Ford Fiesta ST? (tflcar.com)

Jaguar, meanwhile, showed the possibilities for legacy automakers with an OTA update to battery energy control module software addressing battery fire concerns . (nbc4i.com)

While, overall, Ford is still wildly profitable, those earnings are coming from its commercial product and services business known as Ford Pro and sales of its iconic gas and hybrid vehicles, which falls under its Ford Blue unit. (yahoo.com)

Automakers urged the administration to govern responsibly and support a 50-state solution that would provide near-term flexibility as the industry moves toward stronger standards. (senate.gov)

Photo by Ford Motor Co., courtesy of Flickr. (eenews.net)

They, and shares of other big Japanese automakers, had tumbled a week ago after news of the fire. (dailysabah.com)
From Automotive News:Such a dramatic shift in the hidebound world of office work could bring with it myriad effects to the way large companies, including automakers, manage day-to-day operations: their hiring practices, staffing levels, company culture and even their needs for commercial real estate. (thetruthaboutcars.com)
More automakers add more music and news services plus developer kits. (extremetech.com)

The union has yet to announce which automaker it will select for bargaining. (oakbaynews.com)

To mark the occasion, the Ford Heritage Vault - which has worked over the past year to digitize materials from the company's archive - is adding a series of location photos from around the world. (wdet.org)

Ford Lio Ho manufactures Ford and Ford-badged vehicles in Taiwan. (wikipedia.org)

Automakers have increased plans to produce Electric Vehicles to meet customer demand for low emissions. (industryweek.com)

He said while what the automakers are offering in response to union demands has improved, it still doesn't reflect the sacrifices of the autoworkers that made the companies' success possible. (wlrh.org)

Following President Donald Trump's use of the Defense Production Act - Ford and GM have begun making face masks and shields, ventilators, and respirators . (fox7austin.com)
The move comes as President Trump promises to dismantle climate regulations and offer relief to the oil and gas industry, but it remains unclear to what degree the administration or automakers are seeking to roll back the rules. (eenews.net)

The Chinese-owned Swedish automaker is eager to catch up with its premium-class global competitors, most of which have long operated North American assembly plants. (autonews.com)

Since January, automakers have announced several major investments in U.S. plants. (autonews.com)
Ford is testing wearables which buzz when coming too close to a co-worker to ensure a safe distance is kept from other people in their manufacturing plants. (who.int)
The devices could be part of a broader array of new safety protocols the automaker will deploy in its manufacturing plants. (who.int)

The largest U.S. automaker said Oct. 28 that it had temporarily halted paid advertising on Twitter after Musk completed his takeover. (autonews.com)

To get there, Ford will need to make structural changes. (yahoo.com)
But in those four years, only five automakers have shown the leadership needed to make that a reality. (senate.gov)
If you're visiting as an opportunity to look for your next vehicle, here's a trick you can borrow from the automakers to make the experience more productive. (chicagotribune.com)

Ford ultimately hopes to reach an 8% margin on EVs with a cost structure that reflects price parity with ICE vehicles. (yahoo.com)

Because the automaker does not have to create a vehicle's structure from the ground up each time they develop a new vehicle, this can greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to bring a vehicle from the initial idea to the showroom floor," said Kim. (chicagotribune.com)
In its previous 88-year history, UAW had always negotiated with one automaker at a time, limiting the industrywide impact of any possible work stoppages. (wgntv.com)

Ford also said it's planning to introduce a few second and third-generation vehicles, including a new full-sized pickup truck, that will come in at lower price points. (yahoo.com)
That means automakers can bring new and exciting models to market more quickly, as well as offering more varieties of vehicles on the same basic platform, giving the consumer more choice. (chicagotribune.com)
There is a 25 percent tariff on imported trucks, which European automakers want to see removed in exchange for removing EU tariffs on imported American vehicles. (tflcar.com)
Due to the global strategy of the Ford Motor Company between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, Ford Lio Ho assembled vehicles based on the Mazda 323 and 626 series, known as the Explorer, Ford Laser and Telstar, in common with other Asia Pacific markets. (wikipedia.org)
Since Ford bought Mazda in the 1970s, Ford Lio Ho also produces Mazda vehicles in Taiwan. (wikipedia.org)

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