RENTON, WA—Should the vote pass, workers could return as early as Wednesday, with a deadline for return by November 12.

PAMPLONA, Spain—Volkswagen has placed an order with Kuka for more than 700 robots for its assembly plant here.

WICHITA, KS—Union workers at Textron Aviation ratified a new five-year contract on Oct. 20, ending a four-week strike. 

GUANGZHOU, China—XPENG AEROHT has officially broken ground on a groundbreaking flying car manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China, marking the world's first plant to implement advanced assembly line processes for large-scale flying car production.

SEATTLE—Factory workers represented by the International Association of Machinists have voted to reject Boeing’s latest contract offer and continue their strike, which has now lasted more than five weeks.

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden—Scania AB, a leading European manufacturer of trucks and buses, is installing remanufactured gearboxes in new vehicles at its flagship assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—From Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board received 3,286 union election petitions, up 27 percent since FY 2023, when the agency received 2,593 petitions. This is more than double the number of petitions received since FY 2021, when the NLRB received 1,638 petitions.

TOKYO, Japan— This partnership marks the first major milestone for Airbus Tech Hub Japan, an initiative launched in May 2024 to foster innovation and collaboration in the aerospace industry.

PARIS, France—Airbus announced plans today to reduce its workforce by up to 2,500 jobs in its Defence and Space division, citing a "complex business environment," particularly in its loss-making satellite sector.

BOSTON, MA—Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) are joining forces to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoid robots.