UAW STRIKES SEATING SUPPLIER IN COLUMBIA TN 4:30 PM TUESDAY 7/15/2008 WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!! The International UAW, on Wednesday July 15th at approximately noon, authorized a strike at the Johnson Controls Plant in Columbia Tennessee. This plant provides seats and consoles for the new Chevrolet Traverse being built at the Spring Hill General Motors [...]

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 GM to cut salaried staff, dividend, retiree health care The Detroit News DETROIT — General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner today outlined a new round of cost-cutting measures aimed at boosting the automaker’s cash flow by $15 billion. "Since the first of this year, our progress has been threatened [...]

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 GM to raise cash, cut jobs Broad restructuring aims to realign its operations to changing market David Shepardson and Christine Tierney / The Detroit News General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will announce today another round of job cuts, cost reductions and other steps to raise cash as part [...]

  VW set to announce U.S. plant location queryvar=”vw,set,to,announce,us,plant,location”; Bettina Mayer Automotive News | July 15, 2008 – 6:55 am EST     MUNICH, Germany — Volkswagen will announce the site of its new U.S. factory later today, a company spokesman said. The German carmaker has been considering three sites in Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan [...]