/tags/auto-industry Auto Industry en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:11:34 GMT /economy-business/2024-07-23/uaw-workers-wentzville-lear-facility-strike The facility makes seats for vehicles including ones produced at the nearby General Motors plant. Workers want improvements to pay, health and safety and other conditions. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:11:34 GMT /economy-business/2024-07-23/uaw-workers-wentzville-lear-facility-strike Eric Schmid /law-order/2023-12-07/illinois-supreme-court-rules-teen-bicyclist-is-covered-by-fathers-auto-insurance-policy The case involved a 14-year-old Chicago boy, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in 2020 while riding his bicycle on a public street. He suffered injuries to his right arm, shoulder and thigh that required medical attention. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-12-07/illinois-supreme-court-rules-teen-bicyclist-is-covered-by-fathers-auto-insurance-policy Peter Hancock /economy-business/2023-10-30/wentzville-gm-workers-look-to-get-back-to-work-soon-with-new-contract-agreement Union leaders and members still need to vote on the tentative deal announced Monday. Workers would get a 25% raise over almost five years. Tue, 31 Oct 2023 02:07:53 GMT /economy-business/2023-10-30/wentzville-gm-workers-look-to-get-back-to-work-soon-with-new-contract-agreement Will Bauer /economy-business/2023-09-15/gm-workers-in-wentzville-among-first-in-the-nation-to-strike-for-higher-pay Work at the General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville came to a halt Friday, as the members of the United Auto Workers joined workers at two other Midwest auto plants on strike. The union is calling for the automaker to increase pay 46% over four years. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:30:28 GMT /economy-business/2023-09-15/gm-workers-in-wentzville-among-first-in-the-nation-to-strike-for-higher-pay Andrea Y. Henderson /economy-business/2023-09-14/the-uaw-launches-a-historic-strike-against-all-big-3-automakers For the first time ever, the UAW launched a strike against all Big 3 automakers at once, starting with three locations in the Midwest, including the General Motors plant in Wentzville. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 05:17:51 GMT /economy-business/2023-09-14/the-uaw-launches-a-historic-strike-against-all-big-3-automakers Danielle Kaye /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-10-09/tackling-americas-silent-epidemic-of-pedestrian-deaths Angie Schmitt’s new book, “Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths,” examines why more American pedestrians are dying, who makes up these deaths and what simple yet concrete things we could do to save people like them. She discusses her book on St. Louis on the Air, and we hear from a victim's sister and a local transportation policy planner, too. Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:54:43 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-10-09/tackling-americas-silent-epidemic-of-pedestrian-deaths Sarah Fenske, Evie Hemphill /health-science-environment/2020-08-23/missouri-s-t-researchers-looking-to-soybean-oil-to-improve-industrial-metal-cutting The soybean oil could be cheaper, safer, better for the environment and in use within a year. Sun, 23 Aug 2020 10:52:40 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-08-23/missouri-s-t-researchers-looking-to-soybean-oil-to-improve-industrial-metal-cutting Jonathan Ahl /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-10-11/umsl-alum-best-selling-authors-book-chronicling-heyday-of-us-auto-industry-not-a-book-about-cars On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, William Knoedelseder told host Don Marsh that when he decided to write a book about the rise of the American… Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-10-11/umsl-alum-best-selling-authors-book-chronicling-heyday-of-us-auto-industry-not-a-book-about-cars /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-02/as-millennials-struggle-under-piles-of-debt-the-st-louis-fed-offers-new-context-data The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis just released a report about various kinds of debt and how it is impacting different populations in St. Louis,… Wed, 02 Mar 2016 22:32:11 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-03-02/as-millennials-struggle-under-piles-of-debt-the-st-louis-fed-offers-new-context-data Kelly Moffitt /government-politics-issues/2012-10-29/spence-cites-chrysler-closing-as-nixons-failure-unions-note-decision-made-under-blunt This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 29, 2012 - Dave Spence, the Republican nominee for Missouri governor, stood on a bluff Monday… Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:45:47 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-10-29/spence-cites-chrysler-closing-as-nixons-failure-unions-note-decision-made-under-blunt Jo Mannies