Building an auto industry for the future that serves the needs of workers, companies and consumers alike will require innovative partnerships between the union and management.
United Auto Workers members rally after marching in the Detroit Labor Day Parade on Sept. 4, 2023.
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Reuther was both ambitious and pragmatic, scoring many victories for autoworkers.
The shift away from the internal combustion engine to electric vehicles is not a normal retooling of auto plants, but a full-scale recreation of the auto sector that will reshape the modern economy. Will Canada’s auto sector be left in the wilderness?
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A look back at how Canada secured auto investment in the past shows how a peripheral economy gained a major auto sector — and how it might hold onto it even in the face of U.S. protectionism on EVs.
A ‘hard Brexit’ appears increasingly likely.
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American companies still face enormous uncertainty about how they’ll be doing business in the UK and EU in the coming years, particularly as the April 12 Brexit deadline draws closer.