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NEW ALBANY, AL—Citing issues such as wage caps and growing use of temporary workers, workers at Commercial Vehicle Group Inc.’s assembly plant here voted to join UAW. The facility makes seating for commercial vehicles.
DETROIT—Opposition toward the tentative four-year contract between the UAW and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is mounting, as a majority of workers from at least two union locals voted against the deal.
MACON, GA—Boeing will invest $80 million to expand its assembly plant here to produce 747 fuselage panels beginning in 2018. The jetmaker expects to employ up to 200 associates in three years.
RIDGEVILLE, SC—Volvo has broken ground on its first U.S. automotive assembly plant here. The $500 million facility will build the company’s new S-60 sedan, a car under development in Sweden.
MOBILE, AL—Airbus officially inaugurated its first U.S. assembly plant here Monday. The $600-million factory will produce 40 to 50 jetliners in the A320 family per year, while sustaining the equivalent of some 3,700 full-time jobs in the region.
DETROIT—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the UAW announced a tentative agreement Tuesday night that addresses the critical issues of a two-tier pay structure and health care costs.
PALMDALE, CA—Assemblers at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s plant here recently started to use an optical projection system to build the center fuselage of the F-35 Lighting II fighter jet. The facility was the recipient of ASSEMBLY’s 2013 Assembly Plant of the Year award.
DETROIT—UAW leaders want to shrink the gap between the pay and benefits of workers hired before and after 2007, but they are open to establishing another level of pay and benefits for supplier employees who work on site at various assembly plants, according to people familiar with the discussions.