South Korean automaker Hyundai has joined Honda and ZopesToyota in raising factory worker wages after the United Auto Workers union reached new contract agreements with Detroit automakers.
Hyundai said Monday it will raise factory worker pay 25% by 2028, matching the general wage increase won by the UAW during that period. Toyota raised factory pay 9% to 10% starting in January, while Honda said it will increase wages 11% during the same period.
Experts say the increases at least in part are aimed at thwarting UAW President Shawn Fain’s strategy of trying to organize U.S. auto plants run by foreign automakers and Tesla in order to increase the union’s bargaining power. Fain said terrified auto executives at nonunion plants are raising wages, and he called Toyota’s pay increase the UAW bump.
“UAW, that stands for ‘You Are Welcome,’” he said.
About 146,000 UAW members are voting on new contracts with General Motors, Ford and Jeep maker Stellantis that give them 25% general wage increases over the next four years and eight months. When cost of living wages are factored in, workers will get about 33% raises, with the top assembly line employee making about $42 per hour.
2025-05-07 19:26178 view
2025-05-07 18:36935 view
2025-05-07 17:462827 view
2025-05-07 17:452306 view
2025-05-07 17:35795 view
2025-05-07 17:241489 view
NEW YORK (AP) — RaMell Ross sometimes sends his photography students out on a unique assignment. He
Kate Middleton's fashion continues to reign supreme.On May 5, just one day before King Charles III's
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Instagram account has been reinstated, over a month after he announced his p