Monday, March 31, 2008
Chrysler cuts white-collar retiree life insurance
Eric Morath / The Detroit News
Chrysler LLC’s white collar retirees are losing free life insurance benefits but are eligible for an up to a $4,000 one-time pension boost, according to a letter retirees should receive this week.
Previously retirees were covered by a $50,000 life insurance policy at [...]
Monday, March 31, 2008
GM opens new truck plant in Qindao, China
Associated Press
DETROIT — General Motors Corp. has begun production at a new manufacturing plant in Qindao, China.
The plant is GM’s second manufacturing facility in the coastal city. Production began today.
The plant will make small work trucks for GM’s joint venture with Chinese automakers Wuling and [...]
UAW STRIKE AT AMERICAN AXLE
Axle strike threatens GM’s hot-selling Malibu
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David Barkholz
and Robert Sherefkin
Automotive News | March 31, 2008 - 5:24 pm EST
DETROIT — General Motors will have to shut production by mid-April of its hot-selling Chevrolet Malibu if supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. can’t end a strike by the UAW, a [...]
