Union leaders to get details Local presidents to meet on Ford deal November 5, 2007 BY SARAH A. WEBSTER FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER UAW officials from local chapters that represent Ford Motor Co. workers nationwide are to meet in Dearborn today to learn the nitty-gritty details of the new tentative labor deal reached with the [...]

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GM boss urges stock vote limits Wagoner asks SEC to raise threshold on what shareholders can propose. Monday, November 5, 2007 David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to make it more difficult for small stockholders to put [...]

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UAW gives Big Three chance at reinvention Now management must complete their transformation to become fully competitive.   Monday, November 5, 2007 Daniel Howes Whoever said Detroit’s automakers and the United Auto Workers couldn’t shed decades of dysfunction, distrust and denial to craft collective bargaining agreements that could potentially transform the American auto industry might [...]

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  Ailing Ford gets deal that fits its needs UAW agrees to less cash for retiree health care fund in exchange for plant investments   Monday, November 5, 2007 UAW-FORD AGREEMENT Bryce G. Hoffman and Daniel Howes / The Detroit News The tentative agreement between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers departs in [...]

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Key terms of Ford’s contract with the UAW Monday, November 5, 2007 Here are some of the terms of Ford’s contract with the UAW and how they compare with the details of the UAW’s agreements with General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. • Retiree health care: Ford will be required to put up substantially less [...]

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