Ford Missouri Workers Reject Concessions, Union Says (Update1) By Keith Naughton Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. factory workers in Missouri voted 92 percent against labor concessions that would match agreements the United Auto Workers reached with the automaker’s U.S. rivals, a union official said. Workers casting ballots at the Ford [...]
October 26, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091026/AUTO01/910260387 Ford’s Kansas City plant workers vote down proposed contract changes BRYCE G. HOFFMAN The Detroit News Workers at Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City Assembly Plant delivered a stunning defeat to the company and union leaders Sunday when 92 percent voted against proposed contract changes. The vote came after a stormy meeting [...]
VEBA hires CIO, files federal proposals Barry Burr Automotive News | October 26, 2009 – 10:30 am EST DETROIT — The new UAW voluntary employee beneficiary association won’t officially open for business until Jan. 1. But the association, with more than $37 billion in assets, is hiring staff and working on legal requirements of operation. [...]
Jim Press saga: A hero falls, hard queryvar=”jim,press,saga:,a,hero,falls,hard”;Bradford Wernle and Mark Rechtin Automotive News | October 26, 2009 – 12:01 am EST In June, after Fiat had taken control of Chrysler, the new owners sent Jim Press to Washington to defend Chrysler’s quick, harsh closing of 789 dealerships. Press had often been Chrysler’s [...]
October 26, 2009 Saturn of Clarksville closes Shutdown shocks customers, employees By G. Chambers Williams III THE TENNESSEAN For the past nine years, Danny Barger has helped customers finance their car purchases at http://www.saturnofclarksville.com/">Saturn of Clarksville. But his job as finance manager ended Friday as the dealership closed its doors, the first casualty among the [...]
Joe Biden Biden to announce GM plant’s reopening: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:48pm EDTplans on Tuesday to visit a closed General Motors plant in Wilmington, Delaware, where he is expected to announce that it will be reopened for the building of plug-in hybrid electric cars. The California-based venture [...]
October 26, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091026/AUTO01/910260333 Old GM billed $23M in bankruptcy filing ROBERT SNELL The Detroit News A consulting firm is charging General Motors’ bankruptcy estate more than $23 million for three months’ work leading up to and following one of the largest corporate bankruptcy filings in U.S. history. According to a quarterly report filed Thursday [...]
