Automotive

Ford says it's at the limit on how much it can spend to get new contract with striking autoworkers

DETROIT (AP) — A top Ford executive says the company has reached the limit of how much money it will spend to get a contract agreement with the striking United Auto Workers union.

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US says it found health and safety violations at a GM joint venture battery plant in Ohio

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department said Thursday that investigators found 19 safety and health violations at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio during a two-week period this year.

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Palestinians rush to buy food and struggle under strikes as Israel readies possible ground operation JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pu

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More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows

A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit's Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers' other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public A

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Japanese automaker Toyota and energy company Idemitsu to cooperate on EV battery technology

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota agreed Thursday to work with Idemitsu, a major Japanese oil company, on technology for mass production of solid-state batteries that promise to be a key component in future electric vehicles.

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As strikes devastate Gaza, Israel forms unity government to oversee war sparked by Hamas attack JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined with a top political rival Wednesday to create a wartime Cabinet to oversee the fight to

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After a hard fight to clear militants, Israeli soldiers find a scene of destruction, slain children

KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, Israel (AP) — Trudging down a cul-de-sac turned to rubble, an Israeli army commander stopped in front of one scorched home, its front wall blown wide open.

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Auto workers escalate strike as 8,700 workers walk out at Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers Wednesday when 8,700 workers walked off their jobs at Ford's Kentucky truck plant. The surprise move about 6:30 p.m.

Oct 11, 2023 7:49 PM Read more >

Caroline Ellison, saying Sam Bankman-Fried corrupted her values, found relief when truth came out

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried's former top executive, testifying in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, blamed the FTX founder for corrupting her values so she could lie and steal and got emotional when describing the cryptocurrency empire's final

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The power dynamic in labor has shifted and pickets are seemingly everywhere. But for how long?

NEW YORK (AP) — From auto production lines to Hollywood , the power of labor unions is back in the national spotlight. But despite historic strikes and record contract negotiations this year, there's a lot stacked against labor organizers today.

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