Stellantis plans to idle the factory, which makes the Cherokee, as it shifts to electric vehicles. Labor talks and a union election may be affected.
Category: Factories and Manufacturing
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Jeep Plant Shutdown Imperils Illinois Town and 1,350 Workers
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United Airlines Orders 100 Wide-Body Boeing 787 Jets
The New York Times – Business:United plans to take delivery of the planes over an eight-year span to refresh its fleet and increase fuel efficiency, with an option to buy 100 more.
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Workers at E.V. Battery Plant in Ohio Vote to Unionize
The New York Times – Business:The result, at a plant owned by General Motors and a South Korean company, is a milestone for the auto union in organizing electric vehicle workers.
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‘Innovation Hubs’ Aim to Lift Distressed Areas. Congress Just Has to Fund Them.
The New York Times – Business:A new report suggests where 20 newly created research centers could best revitalize struggling economies and accelerate new technologies
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Chinese Solar Makers Evaded U.S. Tariffs, Investigation Finds
The New York Times – Business:The Biden administration pre-emptively halted any penalties from the case in June, prompting critics to say the administration had shortcut its own trade rules
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Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Movies:She took home, to Ohio, a 2019 Oscar for “American Factory,” and in a long career teaching and making films, she paid special attention to working women.
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Chinese Solar Makers Evaded U.S. Tariffs, Investigation Finds
The New York Times – Business:The Biden administration preemptively halted any penalties from the case in June, prompting critics to say the administration has shortcut its own trade rules
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$150 World Cup Jerseys Made by Workers Getting $2.27 a Day
The New York Times – Business:Garment workers in Myanmar earn less than $3 a day to produce soccer apparel for Adidas. Some say they were fired after asking factory owners for a raise.