Thursday, May 8, 2008
Manny Lopez
Obama’s rip on auto infamy is a clunker
Barack Obama’s auto ignorance rolls on.
The Democratic senator from Illinois, who is running for president on a platform seemingly based on bashing Michigan’s leading industry, told an Indianapolis radio station recently that the 1970s Ford Granada he drove was perhaps "the worst car that [...]
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Axle union reps leave talks
But dialogue goes on in 72-day strike at car supplier
Eric Morath / The Detroit News
United Auto Workers negotiators from out-of-town union locals were not at the bargaining table Wednesday with top American Axle officials, but talks continued to try to end the 72-day strike against the Detroit-based auto [...]
April Wortham
Automotive News | May 7, 2008 - 3:00 pm EST
Complaint will delay UAW revote at JCI plant
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Johnson Controls Inc. has agreed to toss out the results of a March election in which workers at its Alabama factory voted down the UAW.
But a separate charge of unfair labor practices against the supplier could [...]
Automotive News | May 7, 2008 - 3:10 pm EST
Fitch says GM, Ford face heavy cash drains
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DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors and Ford Motor Co. will continue to face heavy cash drains in 2008 and are expected to burn cash through 2009 unless industry sales rebound, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.
GM, which lost a [...]
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Ford heirs mull Kerkorian risk
Ford Jr. urges family unity with company, board
Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News
Days after billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian unveiled his plan to become Ford Motor Co.’s largest private shareholder, the heirs of Henry Ford gathered Saturday near Dearborn for their spring meeting.
Several generations of Fords were briefed [...]
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Daniel Howes
UAW turns up the heat
A week ago, the United Auto Workers president disclaimed any role for General Motors Corp. in resolving a protracted strike against Dick Dauch’s American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.
"I don’t see how we’d benefit by them getting involved," Ron Gettelfinger told The Detroit News, evidently trying to [...]
UAW STRIKE AT AMERICAN AXLE
Jamie LaReau
Automotive News | May 6, 2008 - 4:47 pm EST
GM suspends big truck orders because of American Axle strike
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DETROIT — General Motors has told its dealers it has suspended production of some 2008 full-sized trucks and SUVs because of the American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings strike.
The vehicles:
• GMC Yukon
• [...]
Microsoft and Hyundai partner for technology
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Gary Anglebrandt
Automotive News | May 6, 2008 - 2:05 am EST
SEOUL — Hyundai and Kia vehicles will be getting infotainment systems based on Microsoft Auto software beginning in 2010 in the North American market.
The two companies had been working on the deal for two years and announced it May [...]
GM moves Malibu fender production to Michigan
Automaker says the move not a response to Kansas strike
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David Barkholz
and Robert Sherefkin
Automotive News | May 5, 2008 - 2:00 pm EST
DETROIT — General Motors has taken steps to help ramp up production of the coveted Chevrolet Malibu sedan as the UAW strikes the vehicle’s primary assembly [...]
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
CAW faces GM, Chrysler hurdles
Negotiations for labor deal likely will be tougher than with Ford
Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News
The Canadian Auto Workers this week begins a push to convince General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC to agree on a labor pact that mirrors the deal adopted with ease by Ford Motor [...]
Monday, May 5, 2008
UAW strikes GM’s Kansas City plant
Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News
The United Auto Workers has launched a strike against a General Motors Corp. factory in Kansas City, Kans. that produces the hot-selling Chevrolet Malibu, arguably the automaker’s most critical vehicle on the market.
The union and automaker had been in negotiations over a [...]
Dodge dealers battle to bust Ram logjam
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Bradford Wernle
Automotive News | May 5, 2008 - 12:01 am EST
Click on the Web sites of several auto dealers in central California and you’ll find Dodge Ram pickups offered at $13,000 below sticker.
With four months to go before a redesigned 2009 Ram arrives in showrooms, inventories and incentives [...]
Axle strike mirrors pain of 1970 walkout at GM
But instead of fighting for raise, UAW battles cuts
Eric Morath / The Detroit News
The United Auto Workers strike against American Axle, now in its 68th day, has become one of the longest walkouts in the 73-year history of the UAW — surpassing even the union’s momentous national [...]
UAW official: Half of striking workers will take buyouts
Two American Axle forging plants likely to close
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David Barkholz
Automotive News | May 2, 2008 - 4:17 pm EST
DETROIT — The outgoing president of a key UAW local at American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. said today that he expects at least half of the 3,650 striking [...]
Ford to offer buyouts to 1,300 workers in Illinois, Kentucky
AP
Posted: 2008-05-03 01:49:27
DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. will offer buyouts to about 1,300 workers at assembly plants in Chicago and Louisville, Ky., as part of the automaker’s plan to adjust capacity with demand for its vehicles, a spokeswoman said Friday.
The buyouts will affect about 800 [...]
