Fisker Is Dead But Its Legal Troubles Are Just Beginning
Good morning! It’s Monday, October 7, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
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‘Donald Trump Is A Scab’ Who ‘Doesn’t Know Sh*t About The Auto Industry,’ Shawn Fain Says In Fiery Detroit Speech
The Harris-Walz campaign rolled into Michigan Wednesday for yet another rally, with a who’s who of local Democratic politicians lined up to speak. The list included Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, …
UAW Head Calls Stellantis Leadership “Pathetic” Over Cuts And Huge Executive Compensation
Photo: Stellantis UAW President Shawn Fain has called out Stellantis as being “pathetic” in a recent Facebook live broadcast event for United Auto Workers union members. The multi-national automaker conglomerate …
Most Of Alabama Wants Unions
Image: Mercedes-Benz The American South is deeply conservative and has held an anti-union stance since the Confederates. If unionizing trends keep going in this direction, however, that may no longer …
Formerly Anti-Union VW Worker Explains Why The Hollywood Strikes Changed His Mind
Screenshot: Payday Report/YouTube Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant recently voted to join the United Auto Workers union, making it the first factory outside the Big Three to unionize. It’s …
Bentley Blames ‘Emotional Sensitivity’ For Slow Sales
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, March 19, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Henry Ford’s Great-Grandson Joined With UAW Royalty To Turn A Piece Of Auto History Into A Hare Krishna Center
In Detroit, it’s hard to escape the automotive industry, and that was even more true 50 years ago when the strangest team-up story happened in the Motor City. In 1975, …
Underpaid And Endangered Workers Are Attempting To Unionize Hyundai’s Alabama Plant
Automotive workers in the American south are on the verge of ushering in a new era of unionized solidarity. Just weeks after workers in a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Mercedes-Benz facility began …
Lucid Illegally Fired Pro-Union Workers, NLRB Claims
Photo: Lucid Motors Lucid makes an absolutely fantastic electric car, and later this year, it plans to add an electric SUV to its lineup. Still, it’s struggled financially and has …
Consumers Won’t Pay More For Cars Because Of Auto Worker Salary Increases
In the recently ratified new contracts with the Big Three automakers, United Auto Workers members ensured they will receive a minimum 25 percent wage increase over the next four and …