Analysis
October 27, 2023
CRU Aluminum: Relief Comes With Word of Pending UAW Deal
Written by Stephen Williamson
With the aluminum industry assembled in Nashville, Tenn., for the Aluminum USA 2023 conference, word was breaking of a tentative deal between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Ford. The tentative pact reached on Oct. 25 is the first sign of any new deal between the Detroit-are “Big Three” auto OEMs and the UAW in the six-week-old “stand-up strike.” Aluminum rolling mill executives reported that through October, auto OEMs continued to take in supply program orders and had not, as yet, slowed the inbound orders of aluminum sheet.
