In a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California on Thursday, the automaker accused the UAW of planning to violate a 2023 collective bargaining agreement by way of “impermissible” mid-contract strikes.
The UAW is threatening to walk off over delayed investments in the agreement, including a promise from Stellantis to reopen a shuttered plant in Belvidere, Ill. Stellantis disputes the UAW’s claim that workers are allowed to strike under the agreement if the company fails to deliver on promises in the deal, which runs through April 2028.
“Because the UAW has chosen to disregard this clause, they have left us with no choice but to take the necessary steps to protect the Company and our employees,” Stellantis senior vice president of human resources, Tobin Williams, wrote Friday in an email to employees.
Stellantis and the UAW have been wrangling over the company’s investment plans for months. The carmaker has pointed to a slowdown in demand for electric vehicles as a change that has prompted a revision in its production plans. It said it has a right to delay investments at manufacturing facilities if business reasons justify such actions.
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