Notable how the quality of labor-management relationship seems worst with the one of the Big Three that is foreign owned.https://t.co/87wvfeRfMJ
— Todd N. Tucker (@toddntucker) September 16, 2024
The United Auto Workers union is fighting what it says are efforts by Stellantis to move production of the Dodge Durango SUV from its current home in Detroit. The UAW says its local chapters have filed grievances saying that moving production would violate their contract. The Dodge Durango is currently made at the Detroit Assembly Complex-Jefferson, formerly known as Jefferson North Assembly Plant.
The union also said it has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Stellantis.
The UAW said it has filed unfair labor practice charges against the automaker: https://t.co/Mss85jRwfn
— NADA (@NADAUpdate) September 17, 2024
It accuses the company of failing to provide information about its future product plans, which the UAW says is another contract violation. A spokeswoman for the NLRB confirmed the filing.
No renovations underway yet inside massive Stellantis auto plant in Illinois, which was supposed to start reopening this year. Only recent activity has been other Stellantis plants like Saltillo, Mexico removing equipment for their own use, local UAW says https://t.co/yUwCE2Q9l0
— Luke Ramseth (@lramseth) September 16, 2024
uaw disputes Dodge Durango move
Stellantis said it has not yet seen the NLRB charge but insisted it has not violated any commitments in the 2023 UAW Collective Bargaining Agreement. “Stellantis is carefully managing how and when we bring new vehicles to market with a focus on competitiveness, sustainability and growth, as all of our competitors are doing,” spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said.
“We will communicate our plans to the UAW at the appropriate time.”
The dispute comes amid heightened tensions between Stellantis and the UAW. Last week, UAW President Shawn Fain stressed that the union plans to enforce its contract, which includes a commitment to keep Dodge Durango production in Detroit and reopen an idled assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois. “Now, Stellantis wants to go back on the deal.
As a united UAW, we intend to enforce our contract and make Stellantis keep the promise,” Fain said. Fain is set to address UAW members at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the union’s social media channels.
