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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. Ford executives shouldn’t have been surprised, [...]

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 GM decided last Tuesday that [...]