June 28, 2009
Willow Run plant to be taken over by new GM
Firm will be liable for future lawsuits
BY JUSTIN HYDE
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF
WASHINGTON — General Motors Corp. has moved its Willow Run transmission plant off the list of plants that will be shuttered and sold, and will accept responsibility for future lawsuits stemming from [...]
June 28, 2009
Willow Run plant to be taken over by new GM
Firm will be liable for future lawsuits
BY JUSTIN HYDE
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF
WASHINGTON — General Motors Corp. has moved its Willow Run transmission plant off the list of plants that will be shuttered and sold, and will accept responsibility for future lawsuits stemming from [...]
Saturday, June 27, 2009
GM to invest $800M in Orion plant; move saves 1,200 jobs
Robert Snell / The Detroit News
General Motors Corp. said Friday it will invest as much as $800 million in revamping its Orion Township factory to build a new small car, selecting Michigan over sites in Wisconsin and Tennessee.
GM officials believe the company [...]
Scott Spencer Announces Plan to reopen a Delaware Auto Plant
Sunday, 28 June 2009 06:57 administrator
Democratic Congressional Candidate Scott Spencer Announces Plan to reopen a Delaware Auto Plant to build Electric Cars
The recent decision by General Motors to close their Boxwood Assembly plant just 7 months after the closing of Chrysler’s Newark plant has been [...]
Can the UAW survive in its new role?
The auto-workers union faces conflicts and challenges of historic proportions.
By Katie Benner writer-reporter
June 9, 2009: 10:00 AM ET
NEW YORK (Fortune) — The role of the United Auto Workers used to be a simple one: adversary to the Detroit Three, fighting in recent decades to keep jobs in the [...]
Facing uncertainty
Without a new product, opinions differ on fate of Spring Hill plant
By SKYLER SWISHER and CHRIS GRAHAM/Staff Writers
Union leaders and elected officials say they are optimistic about the future of the Spring Hill plant, but some auto analysts are declaring the corporation’s decision to build a new small car in Michigan as the worst-case [...]
June 27, 2009
GM’s small car decision leaves Tenn. anxious
Associated Press
SPRING HILL, Tenn. – Workers at General Motors’ soon-to-be-idled assembly plant in Tennessee held out hope for a reprieve, but now it’s back to the waiting game.
GM’s decision Friday to build a new small car at a Michigan plant allowed that economically battered state to [...]
Where Is Bill Oreilly When You Really Need Him?.GM Gets Billions In Taxpayer Bailouts and Still Gets Millions More In Tax Breaks From A Broke State In Order To ‘Save 1,200′ Jobs. Its Better Politics than Economics.
Posted By Centrist on June 26, 2009
The Centrist read this story about GM ’selecting’ an existing plant site in [...]
