October 31, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091031/AUTO01/910310355 Chrysler offers buyouts to 23,000 ALISA PRIDDLE The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC is again offering factory workers buyouts or early retirement as the automaker continues to restructure to cut costs. Chrysler confirmed Friday that the offers went out this week to 23,000 workers. Terms vary by plant but largely mirror [...]

  UAW holds out hope to save Chrysler plants queryvar=”uaw,holds,out,hope,to,save,chrysler,plants”; Automotive News | October 30, 2009 – 9:00 pm EST   DETROIT (Reuters) — The .UAW remains engaged in talks to persuade Fiat S.p.A. to reverse plans to shutter Chrysler plants scrapped in the U.S. automaker’s bankruptcy, a union executive said today. "The jury is [...]

Ford-UAW deal nears rejection; no new negotiations seen queryvar=”ford-uaw,deal,nears,rejection;,no,new,negotiations,seen”; Automotive News | October 31, 2009 – 12:01 am EST   DETROIT (Reuters) — Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. factory workers moved a step closer late Friday to delivering a landslide rejection of proposed concessions while the UAW leadership said the union would not return to talks [...]