Friday, March 6, 2009 Ron Gettelfinger: Labor Voices Gettelfinger: Auto loans help keep U.S. jobs American cars still matter, creating more employment than competitors Last week’s financial results and this week’s sales figures show that the U.S. auto industry still faces serious financial challenges. As the Obama administration considers whether to provide additional loans [...]

Friday, March 6, 2009 Daniel Howes Commentary: General Motors admitting bankruptcy risk is no surprise Now is it real? Now do the skeptics, the deniers and the deluded understand that General Motors Corp., the archetype of 20th-century American industrial power, truly is facing the kind of existential threat that reshapes lives, fortunes and communities if [...]

Friday, March 6, 2009 3 locals say no to Ford concessions Most rank-and-file votes so far back deal; Saline plant workers among dissenters. Louis Aguilar / The Detroit News Ford Motor Co. workers at three United Auto Workers locals rejected concessions to their national labor contract Wednesday, according to union sources, but a majority of [...]