No-Show Workers Add Wrinkle to Stellantis Union Contract Talks

  • Ram truck maker has made absenteeism a focus of negotiations
  • UAW says reliance on low-paid temp labor is at root of problem
Stellantis workers put doors on a Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle at the Stellantis Detroit Assembly Complex-Mack in Detroit, Michigan.Photographer: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
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Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, and Carlos Tavares, CEO of Jeep maker Stellantis NV, agree on at least one thing: The auto giant has a hard time getting some US factory workers to show up for their shifts.

They just don’t align on how to solve it.