Tuesday, April 22, 2008
GM faces barrage of strike threats from UAW locals
Ohio factory nixes deal, while union warns of walkout at another site.
Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News
Workers at a General Motors Corp. factory in Parma, Ohio, have rejected a tentative contract reached earlier this month under the threat of a strike by the United [...]

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
GM slips on Fortune 500 list
Softening auto sales send carmaker lower on annual revenue ranking; Wal-Mart again tops list.
Stevenson Jacobs / Associated Press
 
NEW YORK — Declining U.S. auto sales battered General Motors Corp., which fell one position to No. 4 on the 2008 Fortune 500 list, the magazine’s annual ranking of the [...]

UAW STRIKE AT AMERICAN AXLE
 
Axle shortage causes more GM slowdowns
 

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Philip Nussel
Automotive News | April 21, 2008 - 12:00 pm EST
 
 
 
DETROIT — The growing shortage of axles in North America forced General Motors to eliminate a shift today at its auto assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario. GM also said it slowed production of four-speed transmissions [...]