The Union View On Autos
Insight on closing the wage gap and more, with Ron Gettelfinger, United Autoworkers president and CNBC’s Phil LeBeau.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=995537934
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Big 3 critic turns into showstopper
At Cobo, Corker maintains that Chrysler can’t make it on own
David Shepardson and Louis Aguilar / The Detroit News
DETROIT — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker entered the lion’s den Tuesday — the floor of the North American International Auto Show — and refused to back off his self-described [...]
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
UAW rallies for wages
Workers seek benefit, pay changes
Louis Aguilar and Christina stolarz / The Detroit News
WARREN – More than 250 supporters of the United Auto Workers rallied here Tuesday, one of the many Michigan communities that would be slammed to the core if one of Detroit’s Big Three fails.
In this city of [...]
Economist sees modified bankruptcy ahead for GM
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Jesse Snyder
Automotive News | January 13, 2009 – 10:15 am EST
DETROIT — General Motors is likely to need a modified version of bankruptcy to restructure the last part of its debt, says Deutsche Bank Managing Director Rod Lache.
"The chances are greater than not that there will be bankruptcy, [...]
Wagoner: GM will assess need for additional bailout funds
NADA will push for tax writeoffs on auto loan interest
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Richard Truett
Automotive News | January 13, 2009 – 10:47 pm EST
ENLARGE
GM CEO Rick Wagoner, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Chrysler CEO [...]
Chrysler rules out sale of individual brands
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Automotive News | January 14, 2009 – 9:30 am EST
Tom LaSorda
DETROIT (Reuters) — Chrysler LLC President Tom LaSorda today said the No. 3 U.S. automaker would not sell an individual brand like Jeep but said it would [...]
Cash-strapped GM pulls out of Tokyo auto show
Japanese media report Chrysler and Ford also will pull out
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Hans Greimel
Automotive News | January 14, 2009 – 10:17 am EST
TOKYO — General Motors has pulled out of this year’s Tokyo auto show to cut costs.
Exhibiting in the show, which is held every two years, cost the automaker [...]
