Andrea Hsu
Stories
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Business
UAW and Ford reach a tentative deal in a major breakthrough in the auto strike
The UAW reached a tentative labor agreement with Ford, although it still needs to be signed off by UAW's Ford leadership and then ratified by its full member
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Business
UAW expands its auto strike once again, hitting a key plant for Ram pickup trucks
The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against the automaker Stellantis, calling on 6,800 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant outside Detroit to walk out Monday morning.
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Business
The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more
Five weeks into the autoworkers' strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the automakers have significantly increased their offers but UAW leader Shawn Fain says there's still room to move.
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Business
UAW members aren't all assembling cars. More and more are unionized grad students
At its peak, the United Auto Workers union had 1.5 million members. Today, the "A" in UAW might as well include academia, as roughly 100,000 of the union's 383,000 members work in higher education.
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Business
Autoworkers used to have lifelong health care and pension income. They want it back
Retirement security remains a sticking point in the ongoing talks between the United Auto Workers union and the Big 3 automakers. The union wants to see a return of pensions and retiree health care.
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Business
UAW strike enters Day 3: layoffs; talks ongoing
Auto workers are three days into a strike at the Big Three American automakers. Talks are ongoing, but not a lot of progress has been reported yet. The automakers have announced layoffs in response.
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Business
Sky-high CEO pay is in focus as workers everywhere are demanding higher wages
As autoworkers' real wages fall, top executives at the Big Three carmakers continue to earn tens of millions of dollars each year — hundreds of times more than the median employee.
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Business
UAW points to disparity between CEO and worker pay as a reason for wage hike demand
As CEO pay and profits have soared, worker pay has stagnated. This is one sticking point between automakers and the UAW, which has called for a 40% wage increase over four years.
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Business
Why a 4-day work week is on the table for auto workers
Shawn Fain, the president of the UAW, is calling for a 32-hour work week at 40 hours of pay for autoworkers, an idea that was first embraced by the union's leaders almost a century ago.
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Politics
Biden wants federal workforce to come to the office more. Some ask why?
As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.