Wednesday, April 9, 2008
GM, UAW reach tentative deal at Ohio factory
Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News
General Motors Corp. has struck a tentative agreement with one of five United Auto Workers union locals that had threatened a strike against the automaker.
GM Spokesman Dan Flores said today that GM and UAW Local 1005 in Parma, Ohio, have [...]
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Parting shot: Delphi exec Steve Miller blasts UAW in new book
David Shepardson / The Detroit News
WASHINGTON — Delphi Corp. Executive Chairman and former CEO Robert S. "Steve" Miller blamed the bankrupt auto supplier’s woes on its largest union in a memoir to be released Tuesday. Miller defended his tenure at the top [...]
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Feds foresee gas at $4 in summer
Slight pump price slip to be wiped by upswing that’ll see $3.60 a gallon by June, study says.
John Wilen / Associated Press
NEW YORK — Retail gasoline prices pulled back slightly from record levels Tuesday and gave some consumers a small break, but a new government forecast [...]
UAW STRIKE AT AMERICAN AXLE
American Axle and UAW to resume full bargaining
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Automotive News | April 8, 2008 - 12:01 am EST
DETROIT (Reuters) — American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. on Monday said it would resume full negotiations between company representatives and a bargaining team for the UAW on Wednesday.
A meeting between American Axle CEO Richard [...]
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 [...]
AUTO HEADLINES
GM adds cash incentives
April 3, 2008
General Motors Corp. is offering cash incentives of as much as $4,000 on many 2008 models to draw customers back to its showrooms following a 19% decline in U.S. sales last month.
The rebates, started Tuesday and running to May 21, are a combination of existing offers and dealer and [...]
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Hydrogen cars set; refueling the issue
GM’s researcher says energy industry is major holdup to creating needed infrastructure.
Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News
SACRAMENTO — General Motors Corp. has the cash and the technology to put thousands of hydrogen-powered SUVs on the road within a few years.
But the automaker’s top researcher — and its [...]
Thursday, April 3, 2008
400 Chrysler tech jobs go
Metro positions will be lost when computer technology tasks are outsourced to companies in India, Virginia.
Eric Morath / The Detroit News
At least 400 people will lose their jobs at Chrysler LLC as the automaker outsources computer technology work — part of an effort to streamline its information technology [...]
UAW chief says buyouts slow, rules out new round
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Automotive News | April 3, 2008 - 12:01 am EST
DETROIT (Reuters) — The number of workers represented by the UAW opting to take buyouts and early retirement has fallen sharply and negotiating an additional round of such offers would be "futile," the union’s president said on Wednesday.
The [...]
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Axle gives financials to UAW in bid to end strike
Union leaders say they are evaluating whether supplier gave up all the data it had asked for.
Eric Morath / The Detroit News
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. gave additional sensitive financial information to union leaders Tuesday in a bid to bring the sides [...]
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Ford to reopen Windsor engine plant
Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News
Ford Motor Co. announced Monday that it will reopen its engine plant in Windsor after the provincial government of Ontario agreed to give the automaker $17 million.
Ford closed the Essex Engine Plant in November as part of its North American restructuring [...]
