On Thursday, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX), representing carriers and port operators on the East and Gulf Coasts, announced a three-and-a-half-month extension of the recently expired collective bargaining agreement. The extension kicks the can down the road until Jan. 15, 2025, after the 2024 election and the certification of the results on Jan. 6.
A potential labor strike is threatening to disrupt supply chains up and down the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts beginning next week.
Canada’s government has ordered an end to the brief rail stoppage which had threatened to disrupt the movement of commodities.
Two rail providers have locked out union workers at their operations in Canada.
Gentlemen (and women), start your engines. The Steel Summit 2024 train has left the station and is en route to Atlanta.
A work stoppage could hit Canada’s rail network as two rail companies have said they will lock out union workers on Thursday if no labor agreement is reached.
Workers at a Mercedes plant in Alabama have voted against membership in the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
United Auto Workers (UAW) members have ratified a work contract with Daimler Truck North America.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has certified the results of the election of Volkswagen workers to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Daimler Truck North America and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached tentative bargaining agreements covering over 7,000 US workers at various locations in the South.
Volkswagen employees at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to become part of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
United Steelworkers (USW) union members in Canada have reached a tentative labor agreement with CN Rail.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said that over 50% of workers at Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Vance, Ala., “have signed union cards in support of joining the UAW.”
The United Auto Workers (UAW) executive board has voted to start a new “solidarity project” to support auto workers in Mexico.
A United Auto Workers (UAW) local has reached a tentative agreement with Ford, avoiding a strike at the automaker’s Kentucky Truck Plant (KTP).
Approximately 9,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant said they will strike on Friday, Feb.. 23, if local contract issues are not resolved.
Employees at the Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Ala., have kicked off their public campaign to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain outlined the union’s strategy to unionize nonunion auto workers in the US.
Volkswagen USA Workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has released the final tally of member votes, with a combined total of 64% voting in favor of labor agreements across the Detroit-area “Big Three” automakers.
United Auto Workers (UAW) union members seem poised to ratify contracts at Ford and Stellantis, according to UAW vote trackers and media reports.
United Auto Workers (UAW) members at plants in Louisville, Ky., and Flint, Mich., have voted against ratifying the contracts with two of the “Big Three” Detroit-area automakers.
The leader of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) warned that members on the East and Gulf Coasts could go on strike in October of next year when the union’s contract expires.
United Auto Workers (UAW) members at auto parts supplier Mobis North America in Toledo, Ohio, have authorized leaders to call a strike when their contract expires next week, according to a UAW post on X.
The “Big Three” Detroit-area automakers' tentative labor agreements are set to expire on April 30, 2028, six months longer than the normal four-year agreements.
Canadian union Unifor has reached a tentative agreement with automaker Stellantis, ending the strike at all member-represented facilities.
General Motors has reached a tentative labor agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, according to an article in Bloomberg.
SMU's Current Steel Buyers Sentiment Index edged down this week while the future index remained flat, based on our most recent survey data.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said 4,000 union members at Mack Trucks have rejected a tentative labor agreement and went on strike Monday morning.
General Motors made its sixth contract offer to the United Auto Workers (UAW) as the union continues its strike against all three Detroit-area automakers.