Copyright 2009 The Toledo Blade.       Article published November 6, 2009 The UAW bites back THERE was a fair amount of shock at Ford Motor Co. this week when it became clear that rank-and-file United Auto Workers union members had ignored their leaders’ advice and decisively turned down a package of contract concessions. [...]

November 8, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091108/AUTO01/911080312 General Motors tries to restart deal with Magna in Russia CHRISTINE TIERNEY The Detroit News General Motors Co. hopes to salvage a key element of the collapsed plan to sell its Adam Opel GmbH carmaker — a three-way production deal in Russia. The Russian component of the plan seemed doomed after [...]