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April 15, 2008
Strike deadline suspended
A UAW local in Flint has suspended a threat to strike General Motors Corp. Thursday.

During the weekend, negotiators for UAW Local 598 and the automaker agreed to continue talks until an agreement is reached.
"There will be no strike by UAW Local 598 workers," the union said on its Web site.
The [...]

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Big 3 may start hiring in Sept.
Report finds carmakers to add 46K workers by 2016
Mark Hornbeck / Detroit News Lansing Bureau
LANSING — A distant light amid Michigan’s economic darkness: Detroit’s Big Three automakers will start hiring as soon as September and will employ nearly 46,000 new workers in this state over the [...]

CAFE casualty: Nissan to outsource Titan
 

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Lindsay Chappell
Automotive News | April 15, 2008 - 12:01 am EST
 
 
 
Looming regulatory changes on pickup truck fuel efficiency and emissions will cause Nissan North America Inc. to throw in the towel on manufacturing its full-sized Titans in 2011.
Nissan — the first Japanese automaker to attempt full-sized American pickups — [...]