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Brazil generated 92.8% of its electricity from low or zero carbon sources during the first nine months of 2023, producing more clean power by proportion of overall output among all G20 countries in 2022, with a share of 89.1%, according to data released by London, UK-based global energy thinktank Ember (1).…

Stellantis and Canadian auto workers union Unifor forge a tentative deal this morning, ending a brief strike that had been called at midnight after two days of bargaining failed to deliver a new three-year contract.

Work stoppages at all of Stellantis’ Canada facilities, including its assembly plants in Brampton and Windsor; and its Etobicoke Casting Plant, the parts distribution centre in Mississauga, all in Ontario, and its plant distribution centre in Red Deer, Alberta, are now over, a Unifor spokesperson says.…

Policy initiatives aimed at reshoring large sections of the US automotive supply chain could seriously restrict the growth of the country’s electric vehicle (EV) market, a key UK motor industry conference was told on Wednesday (Oct 18). Speaking at the UK Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) Global Trade Conference, in London, David Schwietert, chief policy officer at the Washington DC-headquartered Alliance for Automotive Innovation, aired concerns about the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) manufacturing incentives.…

Union members at Canada’s Unifor have ratified the agreement struck on Monday (Oct 9) with General Motors Canada (GM). The detailed deal was circulated to 4,300 autoworkers at Unifor locals 222, 199 and 636 in Oshawa, St Catharines and Woodstock, Ontario, at 6am Saturday morning, with balloting staged over the weekend (1).…

Israel’s garment and textile sector has taken a hit due to the month-long war with Hamas, which followed the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas. Israel has a small manufacturing sector, with around 4,700 textile workers and 7,400 workers manufacturing apparel, according to the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel (1).…

Union members at Canada’s Unifor have ratified the agreement struck on Monday (Oct 9) with General Motors Canada (GM). The detailed deal was circulated to 4,300 autoworkers at Unifor locals 222, 199 and 636 in Oshawa, St Catharines and Woodstock, Ontario, at 6am Saturday morning, with balloting staged over the weekend (1).…

The national president of Canadian automakers union Unifor has hailed an agreement struck with General Motors (GM) yesterday (October 10) as being particularly valuable for the numerous younger workers at GM Canada. Lana Payne told a press conference in Toronto that agreement on fast-tracking temporary workers to permanent positions was important at GM: “They have a lot of young people and young hires – they’re going to do significantly well.”…

Canadian automakers union Unifor last night announced strike action at General Motors plants in Canada, claiming the company had refused to accept a pattern agreement reflecting the deal struck with Ford last month (September). The union said the strike includes all its GM members at the Oshawa Assembly Complex and its CCA Stamped Products plant, plus the St.…

A global student body is encouraging universities and colleges to lead societal change that pushes behavioural norms towards more sustainable practices, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as this summer’s record heat https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-announces-summer-2023-hottest-on-record/#:~:text=The%20summer%20of%202023%20was,(GISS)%20in%20New%20York. Underlines climate change.

Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS) International was launched in Denmark during 2019 and has since grown to be an alliance of 27 national and international organisations, working together to promote sustainability on campus, at home and at work.…

Pulling out of the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) world ranking of universities will not affect Utrecht University’s standing or popularity for current or future students. That was the message of Professor Dr Henk Kummeling, Rector Magnificus of the Netherlands’ university, whose areas of responsibility include student policy, academic affairs and cooperation in higher education.…