Items Tagged with 'labor relations'

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.

THREE RIVERS, Mich. — United Auto Workers Local 2093 members have ratified a new agreement with American Axle, ending a two-week strike at the company’s Three Rivers plant.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — United Auto Workers members at multiple manufacturing facilities are moving toward potential labor actions while others have reached tentative agreements, highlighting ongoing contract pressures across the sector.

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

Pratt and Whitney has deployed a six-axis robot at its factory in Singapore to automate assembly of high-pressure compressor modules for jet engines.

WASHINGTON—From Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board received 3,286 union election petitions, up 27 percent since FY 2023, when the agency received 2,593 petitions. This is more than double the number of petitions received since FY 2021, when the NLRB received 1,638 petitions.

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Hyundai Motor Co. and one of its suppliers for illegal use of child labor at factories in Alabama.

I’m all for auto workers getting paid, but the UAW’s demands this time around seem a bit much. I can’t see how the OEMs will be able to meet them, and I worry about the implications for the economy. The 2019 strike lasted more than a month, and a prolonged strike now could jeopardize the economic recovery.

CUPERTINO, CA—Apple has placed a second major supplier in Asia on probation after finding that the company delayed payments to workers—a breach that spurred vandalism at a factory in India in December.