Automotive

Candidates wrangle over abortion policy in Kentucky gubernatorial debate

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Oct 16, 2023 8:42 PM Read more >

Canada, Ontario governments put nearly $1B toward EV battery parts plant

KINGSTON, Ont. — The federal and Ontario governments are putting nearly $1 billion combined into an electric vehicle battery component plant in eastern Ontario. The up to $2.

Oct 16, 2023 3:05 PM Read more >

Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company's future is at stake

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford on Monday called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future.

Oct 16, 2023 2:40 PM Read more >

Unifor set to begin Stellantis negotiations after successful GM vote

TORONTO — Unifor is set to begin negotiations with Stellantis after union members at General Motors voted 80.5 per cent in favour of a tentative deal over the weekend.

Oct 16, 2023 2:33 PM Read more >

Canadian autoworkers ratify new contract with General Motors, leaving only Stellantis without deal

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian autoworkers have voted to ratify a three-year contract agreement with General Motors. Members of Unifor, the union representing about 4,300 Canadian workers at three Ontario GM facilities, voted 80.

Oct 15, 2023 2:12 PM Read more >

Unifor members at GM vote 80 per cent in favour of new contract

TORONTO — Canada's largest private-sector union says workers at General Motors Co. have a new three-year collective agreement, with 80.5 per cent of them ratifying it in a vote held online and in person.

Oct 15, 2023 2:12 PM Read more >

Biden is talking about green energy and jobs in Pennsylvania again. Will his message break through?

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to Pennsylvania Friday to use the critical battleground state again as a backdrop for some of his favorite political themes, championing steep increases in public works spending and detailing how bolst

Oct 13, 2023 2:58 PM Read more >

UAW breaks pattern of adding factories to strikes on Fridays, says more plants could come any time

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union isn't adding any factories to those that are now on strike, but its president says more walkouts could begin at any moment. Until this week the union had been announcing additional factories on Fridays.

Oct 13, 2023 1:36 PM Read more >

'Barbenheimer' was a boon to movie theaters and a headache for many workers. So they're unionizing

NEW YORK (AP) — For movie theater owners around the country, the same-day release of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” this summer meant record box office sales and a gratifying sign that the public still craved entertainment on the big screen.

Oct 13, 2023 7:52 AM Read more >

Stock market today: Asian markets slip as rising yields in the bond market pressure stocks

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets slipped on Friday following a decline on Wall Street driven by mounting pressure from rising bond market yields. U.S. futures rose slightly, and oil prices gained.

Oct 13, 2023 1:49 AM Read more >