New UAW Leadership Faces Test in ‘Detroit Three’ Labor Talks

The United Auto Workers, one of the country’s largest and most storied unions, will be fighting for more than just strong contracts when it begins a contentious round of collective bargaining with the “Detroit Three” automakers—Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV—July 15.

Scarred by embezzlement scandals, blindsided by plant closures, and shepherded by new leadership, the UAW has concessions to win back from the auto industry and trust to regain from a declining membership wary of job losses and corruption revelations.

The talks will provide the union an ...