Articles Tagged with ''labor unions''

DETROIT—General Motors is facing a backlash from the UAW for installing collaborating robots at its Factory Zero complex here, which recently laid off more than 1,000 workers.

SEOUL—Hyundai Motor Group's union here is upset over plans to deploy humanoid robots on the automaker's assembly lines.

SEATTLE, WA—Boeing workers on the U.S. West Coast voted to accept a new contract, ending a seven-week strike that had halted much of the company’s jet production. 

Rapid economic recovery, the tight labor market, and high inflation have shifted power to workers who are organized.

RENTON, WA—Should the vote pass, workers could return as early as Wednesday, with a deadline for return by November 12.

WICHITA, KS—Union workers at Textron Aviation ratified a new five-year contract on Oct. 20, ending a four-week strike. 

SEATTLE—The governors of Utah, Missouri and Montana on Tuesday urged Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists to end a nearly seven-week-old strike, citing the impact to their states and the planemaker’s suppliers.

SEATTLE—Factory workers represented by the International Association of Machinists have voted to reject Boeing’s latest contract offer and continue their strike, which has now lasted more than five weeks.

The rapid economic recovery, the tight labor market, and high inflation have shifted power to workers who are organized.