Friday, April 4, 2008
VEBAs will make health care impact
Funds run by UAW will be formidable investors
Christina Rogers / The Detroit News
NOVI — A union-run trust fund being set up to cover retiree health benefits for Detroit’s Big Three could reshuffle tens of billions of dollars in health care spending, as it puts the United Auto [...]

Friday, April 4, 2008
Resolved issues may revive talks in Axle strike
Eric Morath / The Detroit News
One unfair labor practice charge filed against American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. is resolved, and a second one could be soon — making both union and company officials hopeful that substantial bargaining could resume as early as this weekend [...]

GM to managers: Volt is No. 1 priority
 
Vehicle testing is around-the-clock
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Richard Truett
Automotive News | April 3, 2008 - 4:54 pm EST
 
 
 
DETROIT — General Motors wants the gasoline-electric Chevrolet Volt on the road by 2010 so badly that program managers have been given a blank check.
They can get as much manpower and resources as they [...]