By Nora Eckert and Abhirup Roy
DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Staff union plans to carry strike authorization votes at a number of of its Stellantis (NYSE:) native chapters within the coming days, union president Shawn Fain stated on Tuesday, which may result in a disruptive walkout in opposition to the Jeep maker.
The UAW chief has in latest months known as out Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares for failing to maintain the product and funding commitments the automaker agreed to after the union carried out a six-week strike final autumn.
“We’re nonetheless ready for the corporate to make good on the overwhelming majority of its product commitments. Not all of them are contract violations but. However we’re watching them carefully and we’re making ready to take motion,” Fain stated in a video handle on Tuesday night.
Native Stellantis chapters have filed grievances associated to the corporate’s alleged plan to maneuver manufacturing of the Dodge Durango out of america, union leaders stated this week.
The union on Monday additionally filed unfair labor apply claims with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board in opposition to Stellantis, saying the corporate refused to offer details about its future product plans.
Representatives for Stellantis didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Fain additionally reiterated his anger across the firm’s delays of a deliberate multi-billion greenback funding into a brand new battery plant and manufacturing facility in Belvidere, Illinois.
Securing jobs on the Belvidere plant was one of many union’s most prized victories after its nationwide strike in opposition to Stellantis, Ford Motor (NYSE:) and Common Motors (NYSE:) late final yr, and a logo of the labor group’s means to guard union jobs because the trade shifts to producing electrical autos.
The UAW additionally gained a document 25% basic wage enhance, the return of cost-of-living changes, and the precise to strike over product commitments and investments, the latter of which Fain stated allowed them to carry a walkout in opposition to Stellantis now.
