Sunday, Mar. 01, 2009 The UAW Fights Image as the Villain of Detroit By Bill Saporito   It is particularly galling to the United Autoworkers that, in addition to? numerous rounds of layoffs and givebacks dating back two decades, the union? is being cast as the enemy in the U.S. auto industry’s fight to survive. [...]

March 1, 2009 Questions arise from GM’s use of pension for buyouts, VEBA trust BY TIM HIGGINS FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER Details are emerging about how General Motors Corp.’s U.S. pension funds went from a $20-billion surplus at the end of 2007 to a $12.4-billion deficit 12 months later. Newly released numbers show that the [...]