Automotive News Discusses The UAW Historic Contract Negotiations On 'Auto Trends'

Michael Martinez is an automotive news reporter.  (Photo Credit: LinkedIn)

This year could be dubbed as the year of the workers. Everyone from the railroad laborers to Kaiser Permanente healthcare employees to UPS workforce have stood up to their employers, demanding that they be fairly compensated, after years of sacrificing, as the companies they have worked for racked up record profits.

The automotive industry also joined the fight this fall. Since 2009, assemblers have made major sacrifices, saving 'The Detroit Three,' General Motors, Ford and Chrysler during the Great Recession. Automotive News reporter Michael Martinez talks to Auto Trends with JeffCars.com about the United Auto Workers (UAW) historic contract negotiations. Martinez, who is based in Detroit, has been covering the UAW extensively for the past 10 years. In an eye-opening conversation, we'll examine the pros, cons and more of the historic UAW Stand Up Strike. 

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.