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The Biden administration and automakers are in the final stages of negotiating over ambitious new rules to accelerate the electric-vehicle transition that could cost Detroit's automakers billions and fuel an election-year clash over climate policy.
OSLO — A Swedish appeals court upheld on Thursday a dismissal of Tesla's lawsuit against Sweden's Transport Agency in a conflict over licence plates, part of a wider dispute between the U.S. company and labour unions in the Nordic country.
DETROIT — Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting Monday on whether to join the United Auto Workers union, a significant test of whether the labor group can maintain momentum in the historically anti-union American South.
An aerial view of the Mercedes visitor center and museum near the Alabama manufacturing plant. (Getty)
A Volkswagen employee celebrates results of the unionization vote. (Getty Images)
DETROIT — Thousands of workers at a big Mercedes-Benz factory near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.
DETROIT — A Volkswagen plant nestled against dense forests and Interstate 75 on the southern border of Tennessee has become a battleground over worker representation that could sway the future of the American auto industry.
Dan Ariens laid off workers, cut shifts, and halted nearly all hiring last summer after sales slumped at his company, best known for making bright orange snow blowers and lawnmowers sold around the world. Headcount fell 20% to 1,600 people, and he doesn't see business improving until 2025.
DETROIT/WASHINGTON — Workers at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Vance, Alabama, filed a petition with U.S. regulators to hold an election to join the United Auto Workers, the union said on Friday.