EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation Specialists has received a contract to design and build an automated system to assemble and test driver control modules.

BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, MI—UAW-represented workers approved a new labor contract with Nexteer Automotive Corp. nearly two weeks after overwhelmingly rejecting a previous deal and engaging in a one-day strike.

CARSON CITY, NV—A Chinese-backed electric car company, Faraday Future, plans build a $1 billion assembly plant near Las Vegas, marking the second time in just over a year that Nevada has landed a coveted project from the budding industry.

FORT WAYNE, IN—A brief strike by employees of a parts supplier Nexteer has forced General Motors to cancel the majority of its second-shift production at its assembly plant here.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—General Motors will spend $44 million to add capacity at its Corvette assembly plant here. The investment will add 36 new jobs.

BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, MI—A General Motors assembly plant in Flint, MI, could be the first to be affected by a parts shortage because of a strike at auto supplier Nexteer Automotive. More than 3,200 UAW members at Nexteer went on strike early Tuesday after the auto supplier rejected a new proposal from the union.

BEDFORD, IN—General Motors Co. will invest more than $127 million in its casting operation here and create approximately 127 jobs. GM says the expansion involves production of new aluminum engine blocks and components.

AVON LAKE, OH—A worker at Ford’s assembly plant here has been indicted on charges he stole thousands of auto parts from the factory and sold them on eBay.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—The United Auto Workers union has gained a significant first victory at a foreign-owned automaker in the South. Skilled-trades workers at Volkswagen’s assembly plant here voted 108-44 to have the UAW negotiate their collective bargaining agreements.

JACKSON, MS—The National Labor Relations Board is charging Nissan Motor Co. and a contract worker agency with violating workers’ rights at the company’s assembly plants in Mississippi and Tennessee. Filed Monday, the charges claim Nissan’s uniform policy illegally stifles workers’ right to wear pro-union or anti-union clothing.