Focus on Labour
Stellantis faces unprecedented UAW strikes a year after national walkout
The United Auto Workers union may strike Stellantis' U.S. plants, citing contract breaches and struggling U.S. operations.
Canadian union, GM reach agreement for Ontario plant workers
Unifor extended its contract talks with GM, avoiding a strike at Ontario’s CAMI plant that makes EVs and batteries.
First Quantum Minerals offers voluntary retirement to Cobre Panama workers: sources
First Quantum offers voluntary retirement or reduced hours to workers at Panama copper mine amid contract dispute and closure.
UAW files unfair labor practice charges against Stellantis
The United Auto Workers union said on Monday it has filed unfair labor practice charges against Stellantis.
Europe’s EV troubles bubble up at Brussels Audi factory
Workers at Brussels Audi plant strike after company considers closure of EV factory amid falling sales.
Chile’s biggest steelworks sunk by cheap Chinese imports
Chile's Huachipato steel mill, an economic and cultural hub for Talcahuano, is closing after 74 years, driven out by cheaper Chinese imports, costing...
Opinion: Oil and gas communities are a weak spot in America’s climate and economic policies
Noah Kaufman: The economies of oil- and gas-dependent towns face a unique threat from global efforts to address the risks of climate change,...
New deal to help transition of steel production at Port Talbot
UK Government strikes deal over workers as thousands of jobs set to go as Port Talbot embraces electric arc production for steel.
Crisis-hit Volkswagen scraps German job protection deal
Volkswagen ends a decades-old job protection deal in Germany to cut costs, facing union pushback over potential layoffs.
