UAW expands strike to 38 GM, Stellantis NV parts distribution centers

STORY: UAW expands strike to 38 GM, Stellantis NV parts distribution centers DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: CHICAGO, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of strike STORYLINE: The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Ford Motor Co. is spared from the expansion of the strike as its negotiations with UAW will continue. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. The union's strike originally just targeted three plants, namely Ford's Wayne Assembly Plant in state of Michigan, GM's Wentzville Assembly in state of Missouri and Stellantis' Toledo Jeep plant in state of Ohio. This is the first time in its 88-year history for UAW striking against all

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

(230922) -- BELLEVILLE (U.S.), Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An auto worker holding a placard takes part in a strike in Belleville, Michigan, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. (Photo by Val Waller/Xinhua)

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

(230922) -- BELLEVILLE (U.S.), Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Auto workers take part in a strike in Belleville, Michigan, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. (Photo by Val Waller/Xinhua)

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

(230922) -- BELLEVILLE (U.S.), Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Auto workers take part in a strike in Belleville, Michigan, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. (Photo by Val Waller/Xinhua)

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

(230922) -- BELLEVILLE (U.S.), Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Auto workers take part in a strike in Belleville, Michigan, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. (Photo by Val Waller/Xinhua)

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

(230922) -- BELLEVILLE (U.S.), Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A cavalcade of vehicles full of striking auto workers exit a GM factory in Belleville, Michigan, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. (Photo by Val Waller/Xinhua)

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

(230922) -- BELLEVILLE (U.S.), Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An auto worker holding placards takes part in a strike in Belleville, Michigan, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. (Photo by Val Waller/Xinhua)

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

U.S.-MICHIGAN-BELLEVILLE-AUTO WORKERS-STRIKE

(230922) -- BELLEVILLE (U.S.), Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Auto workers take part in a strike in Belleville, Michigan, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is expanding its strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers to 38 General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV parts distribution centers across the United States, UAW President Shawn Fain announced during a Facebook live event Friday. Some 5,600 workers at those facilities spanning 20 states are slated to walk off the job at noon Friday, joining the 12,700 workers who are already on UAW's strike. (Photo by Val Waller/Xinhua)

Russian court imposes fine on Japanese fishing boat skipper

Russian court imposes fine on Japanese fishing boat skipper

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Noboru Sakashita, the captain of the crab fishing boat Kisshin Maru No. 31, attends a hearing at the South Kuril District Court in Yuzhno-Kurilsk on the Russian-held Kunashiri Island on Sept. 21. The Russian court ordered him to pay about 500,000 rubles ($12,700, or 2.2 million yen) in fines and damages for intruding into and poaching in Russian-claimed territorial waters just off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in mid-August.

New Zealand population growth lowest since 1986

STORY: New Zealand population growth lowest since 1986: statistics DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Queenstown 2. various of Wellington STORYLINE: New Zealand's resident population provisionally grew by 12,700 or 0.2 percent over the year, to reach 5.12 million on June 30 this year, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Tuesday. This is the lowest annual growth rate since June 1986 when the population barely changed, Stats NZ. New Zealand's population change is a combination of natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration (migrant arrivals minus migrant departures), it said. "The net migration loss combined with a lower natural increase has resulted in this low level of population growth," population estimates and projections acting manager Rebekah Hennessey said in a statement. In the year ended June 2022, the number of births remained around 61,000 while the number of deaths grew by 10.1 percent to 36,90

Japanese grapes fetch record price

Japanese grapes fetch record price

Photo taken July 16, 2021, shows a bunch of high-grade Ruby Roman grapes that sold for a record 1.4 million yen ($12,700) at the season's first auction for the fruit in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Kanazawa, central Japan.

Japanese grapes fetch record price

Japanese grapes fetch record price

Hsieh Ming-ta holds a bunch of high-grade Ruby Roman grapes which fetched a record 1.4 million yen ($12,700) in the season's first auction for the fruit in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 16, 2021.

Japanese grapes fetch record price

Japanese grapes fetch record price

The season's first auction is held for Ruby Roman grapes in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 16, 2021. A bunch of the high-grade grapes was sold for a record 1.4 million yen ($12,700).

Russian court imposes fine on Japanese fishing boat skipper

Russian court imposes fine on Japanese fishing boat skipper

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Noboru Sakashita, the captain of the crab fishing boat Kisshin Maru No. 31, attends a hearing at the South Kuril District Court in Yuzhno-Kurilsk on the Russian-held Kunashiri Island on Sept. 21. The Russian court ordered him to pay about 500,000 rubles ($12,700, or 2.2 million yen) in fines and damages for intruding into and poaching in Russian-claimed territorial waters just off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in mid-August. (Kyodo)