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Labor Strike Targeting U.S. Automakers- Update Six

Supply Chain Matters

Bloomberg indicated in its reporting that the UAW is seeking a 25 percent base wage increase along with improved retirement benefits, job security measures and a recognition that the labor contract would apply to future battery plant workers. GM executives further indicated a desire to finish the negotiations.

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Labor Strike Targeting U.S. Automakers- Update Five

Supply Chain Matters

The stated takeaway from this Bloomberg report is that with fewer overall jobs to go around in the industry’s transformation to EV ’s, the union seeks forms of guarantees for worker job security. With that stated, the report concludes: “ But reversing the declining fortune of the U.S. auto worker will be a tall order.”

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The Renewed Importance of Production Planning and Scheduling in the New Normal- The Talent Challenge

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Supply Chain Matters provides the third in a multi-part series addressing the renewed importance of production planning and scheduling in this existing uncertain and constantly changing business environment.