UAW STRIKES SEATING SUPPLIER IN COLUMBIA TN
4:30 PM TUESDAY 7/15/2008
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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 Plant. There [...]

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 as U.S. economic challenges [...]

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 of a sweeping restructuring [...]

 
VW set to announce U.S. plant location
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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 as potential locations for the plant.
A VW [...]