Rank-and-file workers expressed their anger and disgust over the decision by the United Auto Workers bureaucracy to run roughshod over their democratic will.

Stellantis executives previously had championed remote working when it instituted its "New Era of Agility" in 2022.

Workers voted by 99 percent last week to authorize a strike to win substantial raises, better retirement benefits and equal wages with Detroit Diesel workers.

Even as union membership across the United States hit a record low in 2024, organized labor made gains in Michigan last year. Federal data released Tuesday show that total union membership in the

For every $1 billion GM makes in North America, the automaker's hourly U.S. employees receive $1,000, according to the Detroit automaker's agreement with the United Auto Workers. GM made about $14.258 billion in North America in 2024, up 18% year-over-year.

Stellantis will also reopen its shuttered Belvidere plant in Illinois and invest in its Kokomo engine plant in Indiana.

The Stellantis Belvidere Assembly Plant in Belvidere, Illinois, on Sept. 19, 2023. A top Stellantis NV executive told employees Wednesday that the automaker will build a midsize pickup truck at the currently closed assembly plant. (Scott Olson/Getty Images North America/TNS)

A top Stellantis NV executive told employees Wednesday that the automaker will build the next-generation Dodge Durango SUV in Detroit and a midsize pickup truck at the currently closed assembly

On the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 15, 2024, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain used a completely unexpected pop culture tidbit to personify the power of modern American organized labor.

The president-elect’s vow to impose 25 percent duties on Canadian imports could ravage Canada’s auto industry and decimate Windsor, a city deeply tied to the U.S.

The UAW announced it would suspend its grievances against the company after Stellantis announced it would reopen the Belvidere plant in Illinois and call back 1,500 workers, and make major investments in others, including its Detroit Assembly Plant.

In 2025 GM will be offering three new Cadillac EVs, the Escalade IQ, Optiq, Vistiq. Barra also said the automaker will see the full-year results of impact of new gas-powered SUVs launched in 2024, which includes the Chevy Equinox, Chevy Traverse and GMC Acadia.