Stellantis

US tariffs are failing to halt the rise of cars from the Asian giant, especially in emerging markets, and could even accelerate it

CEO Carlos Tavares repeatedly has said that electric vehicles cost 40% more to make than those that run on gasoline, and that the company will have to cut costs to make EVs affordable for the middle class

The union said last week said that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville would walk picket lines starting Friday if the contract dispute was not resolved

High manufacturing costs are among the reasons why Ford has a $7 billion annual cost disadvantage to competitors, CEO Jim Farley has said

‘I’m honored to have your back and you have mine,’ U.S. President said at the powerful union’s political convention. ‘That’s the deal’

Stellantis, an automaker of 14 car brands including Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler, expressed concern

Ford re-issued full-year earnings guidance that was withdrawn during the strike, but it trimmed its expectations. The company now expects to earn $10 billion to $10.5 billion before taxes in 2023

The autoworkers’ union made an address to 150,000 employees at 13 manufacturers following its successful strike at Detroit’s Big Three

The company cuts the number of planned jobs by about one third to 1,700 from 2,500. The annual battery cell output will drop from enough for 400,000 vehicles per year to about 230,000

The deal implies strong wage increases and other benefits for employees of the Big Three, and its effect has extended to other companies in the sector

Of the four GM plants that went on strike, workers at only a large SUV plant in Arlington, Texas, approved the contract

Five large factories have turned down the four year and eight month deal by fairly large margins. Voting continues at Ford, where the deal is passing with 66.1%

Factory electrification and gigafactories have monopolized the allocation of Next Generation EU funds

Hyundai said Monday it will raise factory worker pay 25% by 2028, matching the general wage increase won by the UAW during that period

From Hollywood screenwriters to Spanish hotel workers, new spaces of collective struggle for labor rights are opening up

The Democratic president wanted to show that his policies could deliver for workers, rather than repeat the decades of factory closures that had gutted parts of the Midwest

The agreements provide a blueprint for which cars and trucks they intend to build in the coming years and where they will do so

The UAW union will now seek to include workers from non-unionized factories, such as Tesla and foreign manufacturers like Toyota, Hyundai and Volkswagen

The contract with GM is similar to those reached by Ford and Stellantis. The deal will last four years and eight months and includes 25% general pay raises and cost of living adjustments

The new agreements with UAW, which include wage hikes and other concessions, will increase their labor costs and make a dent in their profits

Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union that follows a template set earlier this week by Ford, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Saturday

Nearly 17,000 striking workers at Ford left the picket lines when the agreement was announced Wednesday night and will return to work shortly

The deal would include cost-of-living pay increases that could lift the total pay raises above 30% and would be used as a model to seek similar contract settlements with GM and Stellantis

The additional plants further escalate a labor dispute that’s in its sixth week and now has about 46,000 union workers off the job

The company posted net income of more than $3 billion from July through September, down 7% from the same period last year due to lost production from the strike, and also increased warranty costs

Union President Shawn Fain reported progress in talks with General Motors and Stellantis but said the companies will have to make better offers