Category: General Motors

Cadillac unveils its new entry-level EV due to launch in 2024

The Cadillac Optiq 2025 GM DESIGN / Cadillac The US carmaker Cadillac is expanding its electric vehicle portfolio.  The company has announced a new, more affordable model called Optiq, due for release next year.  GM, which owns Cadillac, plans to become a fully electric company by 2035.  Cadillac has announced that it will be adding a new model, named Optiq, to its portfolio of electric…

Autoworkers ratify deal with General Motors after tight vote

Union workers at General Motors (GM) plants ratified a 54-month contract with the U.S. automaker on Thursday after a surprisingly tight vote, according to vote tracker compiled by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. A little over half — 54.7 percent — of GM workers supported the agreement, while 45.3 percent voted against it. Developing Go to Source

UAW wins back Obama-era concessions from financial crisis, as strike nears end

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has won back several concessions it made to three major automakers in the wake of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, after reaching tentative agreements with all three major U.S. automakers. General Motors was the last of the three to reach a deal with the union Monday, agreeing to largely the same terms that Ford and Stellantis accepted Wednesday and Saturday….

Stellantis will match pay hike included in UAW-Ford deal

Jeep-maker Stellantis on Saturday offered to match the tentative deal struck between the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and Ford — as strikes at the top automakers hit six weeks. Sources confirmed the Stellantis deal to the Associated Press, adding that most of the main points of the Ford deal will carry over into their agreement.  UAW members and Ford reached a tentative labor agreement…

UAW, Ford reach tentative labor agreement

United Auto Workers (UAW) and Ford reached a tentative labor agreement Wednesday, the union announced, ending six weeks of strikes at the company. The four-year, tentative deal includes a 25 percent wage increase over the course of the contract, with 11 percent coming in the first year. Cost of living increases could lift the pay raises to 33 percent, the union said. “Today, we reached…