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Joseph Szczesny

Joe covers labor and other industry issues for WardsAuto.

Joseph’s Recent activity

Birth of CrossBlue CUV accompanied by labor pains
CrossBlue in Crosshairs as VW-UAW Clash Escalates
May 12, 2016
The UAW’s success in organizing skilled-trades workers, whose extensive training would make them hard to replace, gives the union a foothold in Chattanooga before VW recruits new employees to build the CrossBlue...
Consumers failing to respond to EVs in big numbers in China
Auto Industry ‘Disruption’ Overrated, Analyst Argues
May 02, 2016
As recently as five years ago, analysts predicted wider acceptance of electric vehicles and designs dictated by new markets as sales growth slowed or stopped in mature markets such as those in North America and Europe...
Tricks to keep old US cars going include using shampoo as brake fluid
Detroit Three in Cuba: Close, No Cigar Yet
Apr 18, 2016
While American car companies don’t yet appear to be in any hurry to reclaim territory they once ruled with robust style, they are reacting with measured optimism over President Barack Obama’s efforts to...
Williamsrsquo 2015 contracttalks passion muted in 3916 primaries
UAW Won’t Play Trump Card in Presidential Election
Mar 03, 2016
Union leaders remain undecided on a presidential pick, even with the approach of critical primaries in industrial states such as Michigan and Ohio, which hold elections March 8 and March 15, respectively.  &ldquo...
FCArsquos Marchionne UAWrsquos Williams prepare to dig in for 2015 talks
Hurdles Face UAW Despite New Detroit Three Contracts
Feb 09, 2016
New challenges in 2016 include organizing nonunion workers in the Southern U.S. and the car-production exodus from the U.S. to Mexico at a time when General Motors, FCA and other automakers look abroad to grow their...
VW opposes separate UAW representation for skilledtrades workers
UAW Looks to Build on Small Victory in Tennessee
Dec 08, 2015
“The UAW could have just folded up and gone away after losing that first election” at Chattanooga, labor expert Harley Shaiken says. “They could have lost the second election and it would have been a...
Rejection by Belvidere IL UAW local helped scuttle initial FCA contract
UAW Persuades Detroit Three to Share New Wealth
Nov 24, 2015
A striking feature of this year’s talks was the union’s ability to win higher wages at a time when raises of any kind have been difficult to come by for most Americans, including those in relatively safe...
Highmargin Chevrolet Tahoe helps drive GM profitability
Experts Predict UAW Will OK New Contract With GM
Oct 26, 2015
Art Wheaton of the Industrial Labor Relations School at Cornell University says the tentative contract likely reflects GM’s greater profitability than FCA US, whose UAW members ratified a new 4-year...
FCA proposes shifting Ram output from Warren to Sterling Heights MI
UAW Touts Retooled FCA Deal to Skeptical Membership
Oct 12, 2015
Union bargainers insist they have addressed key objections to contract, which was rejected by a 65%-35% margin earlier this month, by offering what it calls a “clear path” away from the unpopular 2-tier...
Cordial relationship between Williams left and Marchionne may have led some workers to believe UAW didnrsquot fight hard enough
UAW Mulls Next Move
Oct 02, 2015
The rejection of the tentative contract with FCA by UAW rank-and-file may mean CEO Sergio Marchionne has lost his bid to set the pattern for Detroit automakers.
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