Automakers With Non-union Employees Race To Raise Pay After UAW Record Deal

Automakers with U.S. production facilities are raising wages for non-union members after the United Auto Workers (UAW) secured record pay increases and benefits for union members at three Detroit automakers. The UAW union has deals with General Motors, Ford, and others. Source: www.autoblog.com

VW Group’s Struggling Cariad Software Division To Lay Off 2,000 Employees

According to Germany’s Manager Magazine, Volkswagen’s board of directors has approved the layoff of 2,000 employees at its Cariad software division as part of the latest restructuring aimed at straightening out digitalization. Autoblog reports: Former group CEO Herbert Diess said that in 2020 he founded the Car.Software Organization and eventually… Source: tech.slashdot.org

Under The New Agreement, Former GM Lordstown Employees Can Transfer To The Joint Venture’s Battery Facility.

General Motors employees who were laid off when the Lordstown assembly plant closed in 2019 are negotiating a new deal with the United Auto Workers union that will give former employees the opportunity to transfer to GM’s nearby joint venture battery plant in northeastern Ohio. Based on the agreement, there is a possibility that they will be able to return Read More