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Joseph Szczesny

Joe covers labor and other industry issues for WardsAuto.

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UAW Members Mull Ford Deal as Scandal Deepens
Nov 05, 2019
Union members returned to work at General Motors after a 40-day strike; the union reached a tentative settlement for 55,000 workers at Ford; and UAW President Gary Jones – targeted in a federal corruption...
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UAW in Talks With Ford as GM Rushes to Resume Production
Oct 28, 2019
The GM agreement, with its higher wage structure, generous health-care benefits, quicker route to top wages for new workers and limits on temporary workers, will place new burdens on Ford and Fiat Chrysler, which will...
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UAW Sets Ratification Vote But Keeps Strike Alive
Oct 18, 2019
The proposed four-year contract includes an $11,000 signing bonus and a $4,500 signing bonus for temporary workers. Lordstown’s ultimate fate is open to further discussion around the commitment of $1.3 billion to...
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UAW Strike Against GM Drags Into Fourth Week
Oct 07, 2019
In a letter to local UAW officers, union vice president Terry Dittes says weekend talks had taken a turn for the worse and GM’s counteroffer to the UAW’s proposals was unacceptable.
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GM Overcapacity Lurks in Shadows of UAW Strike
Sep 27, 2019
Consultant Alan Baum says even shutting down the Detroit-Hamtramck and Lordstown, OH, plants, which GM announced in November 2018 to bitter opposition by the UAW, won’t necessarily resolve the automaker’s overcapacity...
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UAW, GM Dig In as Strike Continues
Sep 20, 2019
Strikers have zeroed in on the compensation of GM CEO Mary Barra, who receives $22 million per year while temporary workers make as little as $12 per hour in some instances.
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Few Terms in Place as UAW Strikes GM
Sep 16, 2019
The strike by 49,000 full and part-time workers follows an impasse that developed almost immediately after the negotiations opened in July.
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Honda R&D Focuses on Safety
Aug 30, 2019
Honda’s safety research, which requires a broad range of analytical tools, computer simulations, crash tests and the handling of crash-test dummies fitted with sensitive instruments, has made the automaker’s vehicles...
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