The Detroit News Discusses The Historic UAW Strike With 'Auto Trends'

Breana Noble is an automotive and business reporter for The Detroit News. (Photo Credit: Linkedin)

As the United Auto Workers enter its third weekend of striking against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis simultaneously, The Detroit News' Breana Noble joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, a syndicated multicultural automotive program for a wide-ranging conversation.

During the in-depth discussion, we'll cover everything from both President Biden and President Trump visits to Michigan this week to how UAW's Shawn Fain leadership style and strike strategy differs from previous leaders, since its founding in 1935, to why Ford is pausing construction of one of its EV plants in Michigan to the strikes potential impact on car transaction prices.

Noble's breadth and depth of knowledge about the Detroit-based automakers will give listeners insight, as to how all three automakers have found themselves using a variety of unconventional communication means in their frustrated attempt to negotiate with the UAW.

Detroit News: From Designing Jet Interiors To Remaking The Lincoln Brand

Earl Lucas is well-suited to design luxury Lincolns for Ford Motor Co. Before his job creating automotive exteriors in Dearborn, he put the bling in the personal aircraft of the Sultan of Brunei: dazzling designs in diamonds and gold, with other top-end touches.

Early in his career in the late 1990s, the Texas native, 45, was able to stretch the limits of his creativity with virtually no ceiling on the budget. His jet interiors included chinchilla bedding, gold-and-platinum-lined kitchen shelves, custome Baccarat cystal vases, deerhide leather seats and plush carpets that cost millions of dollars.

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