Hoffa touts union organizing efforts to gain members
David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Teamsters President James P. Hoffa said Friday the union recruited 23,000 new members in 2007 and ended the year with membership above where it was in 2006.
"That might not sound like a lot, but it is a lot," Hoffa told [...]

GM could share Volt technology among brands

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Jamie LaReau
Automotive News | February 10, 2008 - 6:31 pm EST
 
 
SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors told dealers during its annual all-brand meeting here today that if it produces the Chevrolet Volt, other GM brands may get a variant of the battery-powered car.
Lynn Thompson, owner of Thompson Sales Co. [...]

GM will sell used cars on eBay Motors
Arlena Sawyers
Automotive News | February 8, 2008 - 2:10 pm EST

 
 
SAN FRANCISCO — In a move that could radically alter the used-car business, General Motors said today that 3,900 auto dealers who sell GM’s Certified Used Cars will list their entire inventories on eBay Motors.
The listings will [...]

GM seeks fewer dealers
 
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Jamie LaReau
Automotive News | February 9, 2008 - 10:22 pm EST
 
 
GM will continue to push for dealer consolidation this year with a strong emphasis on channeling its luxury brands - Cadillac, Hummer and Saab.
That’s the main message GM will give to dealers in the all-GM make meeting today, CEO Rick Wagoner [...]

Reynolds drops out of GM dealer system

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Ralph Kisiel
Automotive News | February 9, 2008 - 7:44 pm EST
 
 
SAN FRANCISCO — Reynolds and Reynolds Co. says it is out of the General Motors Integrated Dealer Management System business.
That means Reynolds, the largest vendor of dealership software in the United States, no longer will sell GM’s Integrated [...]