An apprenticeship provider brings a turnkey approach — including apprentice recruitment, candidate interviews and orientation, soft skills training, hands-on education and training — to solving a growing crisis.
Stellantis North America COO Mark Stewart didn’t elaborate on what the company would do with Belvidere but said it would be a ‘very, very good’ solution.
The cool waning days of summer in Detroit provided a brilliant mirror of what consumers were thinking. That after three exhausting years of pandemic disruption, deprivation and anxiety, the auto market was suddenly awash in brighter colors.
Monthly get-togethers are a chance to recognize top employees, review sales and service numbers and set revenue targets for the next 30 days.
The Honda brand is on track to close 2023 with sales of 1.2 million vehicles, pacing ahead of expectations through August.
GM said it expects to idle its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas because of a shortage of stampings made at the Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri, while Ford said about 600 workers at its Michigan Assembly plant were told not to come to work Friday.
Suppliers are closely watching the UAW’s strike against the Detroit 3 and bracing themselves for fallout deep in the supply chain if it persists longer than a few weeks.
The strike’s impact could increase quickly if the UAW follows through on its plan to escalate the strike and ramp up pressure on the automakers at the bargaining table.
With the UAW launching its strike against all Detroit 3 automakers and halting production at three vehicle assembly plants, dealers are putting monthslong contingency plans into action.
“I understand the workers’ frustration,” he said. “Record corporate profits … should be shared by record contracts for the UAW.”