September 22, 2009 GM suppliers to cut 643 jobs when Spring Hill plant closes By Bonna Johnson THE TENNESSEAN Two major suppliers to the General Motors plant have given notice to the state that they plan to lay off a combined 643 workers when the Spring Hill facility shuts down in November. Penske Logistics LLC [...]
Michael Moore Dukes It Out With General Motors Yet Again Date posted: 09-21-2009 DETROIT — In what sounds like a publicity ploy, controversial filmmaker Michael Moore is claiming that General Motors banned him from the premiere of his own new documentary, Capitalism — A Love Story, on Sunday. Moore said he rented out [...]
September 20, 2009 CPAs say GM safe through 2012 BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST General Motors Co. is a strong bet to survive at least through the year 2012. The Chrysler Group? Not so much. And what about the U.S. taxpayers’ chance of being repaid all that money loaned to bail out GM and [...]
September 22, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20090922/AUTO01/909220324 GM to boost production at Flint plant Automaker to spend $21M enhancing Flint facility for assembly of 2011 Chevrolet truck ROBERT SNELL The Detroit News General Motors Co. is shifting some production of its 2011 light-duty Chevrolet crew cab truck from Mexico to Michigan and will spend $21 million to update [...]
Chrysler scraps paper owner’s manuals, shifts to DVDs queryvar=”chrysler,scraps,paper,owners,manuals,shifts,to,dvds”; Chrissie Thompson Automotive News | September 21, 2009 – 1:44 pm EST DETROIT — Chrysler Group is replacing its traditional owner’s manuals with DVDs and an abridged printed guide in an effort to reduce costs and save 930 tons of paper annually. Chrysler will see [...]
CAMI workers to lose benefits, gain GM product pledge queryvar=”cami,workers,to,lose,benefits,gain,gm,product,pledge”; Chrissie Thompson Automotive News | September 21, 2009 – 12:01 am EST Canadian Auto Workers union members at CAMI, the joint venture between General Motors Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp., approved by a wide margin a contract that cuts their benefits and commits GM [...]
