UAW Mulling New Contract Strategy Next Week
16 Mar 2011, 17:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The United Auto Workers union will hold its bargaining convention in Detroit next week to draw up its strategy for negotiating a new contract with American automakers. President Bob King will lead t...
UAW Prefer Secure Jobs to Financial Bonuses
7 Mar 2011, 12:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 2010 was a rebounding year for the whole American auto industry and all three major producers in the country, General Motors, Chrysler and Ford, have returned to profits. Workers will thus receive f...
Senator Gives VW Heads Up on UAW
30 Nov 2010, 00:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you think the recently released Wikileaks diplomatic cables are embarrassing to say the least, then wait to hear about what Tennessee Republican senator Bob Corker had to say about the UAW and a ...
Ford to Bring 1,975 UAW Workers into US Plants
4 Aug 2010, 18:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced today it will bring in-house no less than 1,975 hourly jobs that would otherwise be filled by suppliers inside and outside of the US. All the jobs are to be adde...
UAW Toyota Protests, "Sporadic"
14 Jul 2010, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After on Tuesday reports of UAW members and retirees responding to Bob King's call for picketing Toyota dealerships began coming in, a quick assessment of the protest shows that the UAW actions...
King's UAW Offensive Continues
25 Jun 2010, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Faced with decreasing manpower, as the number of United Auto Workers (UAW) members dropped below 400,000 as a result of last year's job cuts, the organization's new president, Bob King, an...
GM's IPO to Sell 20% of US' Stake
24 Jun 2010, 10:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As most of you already know, American manufacturer GM is preparing an initial public offering (IPO), sometime after the fourth quarter of the year. According to source close to the matter talking to...
Importers Protest King’s Call for a Toyota Blockade
20 Jun 2010, 12:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recently appointed UAW president Bob King has already put on his fighting gear, several days after being confirmed in the new position and called late last week for a UAW attempt to picket Toyot...
Toyota Mississippi Plant Revived, to Build Corolla
18 Jun 2010, 07:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced yesterday it has resumed work on the construction of the plant in Mississippi, with production here to begin in fall 2011. The carmaker says the fist model...
Bob King, the 10th UAW President
17 Jun 2010, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Beating Gary Walkowicz 2,115 votes to 74 in a roll call vote, UAW's lead negotiator with Ford, Bob King, was elected the new president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and succeeds Ron Gettelfi...
DTNA Reaches UAW Tentative Agreement
16 Apr 2010, 06:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced today it has reached a tentative agreement with the UAW, representing workers from Mount Holly, Gastonia and Cleveland plants, on the new employee contr...
Chrysler Celebrated the Launch of the Pentastar V6 Engine
19 Mar 2010, 17:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chrysler announced at the beginning of the year its new engine engine line-up, which was to be introduced in order to ensure the manufacturer’s revival. The top engine in the new range is a 3....
Sad Message from NUMMI's Local 2244
18 Mar 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Among the first to react to the tentative agreement reached by Japanese carmaker Toyota with UAW representatives from the New United Motors Manufacturing (NUMMI) is Local 2244 and it's presiden...
UAW, Toyota Reach Tentative Deal on NUMMI
16 Mar 2010, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The projected closure of the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) plant in California entered its final stretch this week, after the carmaker which still operates it, Toyota, and the UAW represent...
GM Vehicle Plant Tour Gets Under Way
1 Mar 2010, 19:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors has developed an employee personal driving experience sharing program, aimed at increasing the company’s awareness and sales. The GM Vehicle Plant Tour will train employees ...
UAW, Teamsters to Rally for NUMMI
28 Jan 2010, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two of the strongest unions in the US will join forces on Thursday, January 28, in front of the Embassy of Japan in Washington to protest against the closure of the New United Motor Manufacturing (N...
Ford Transfers Retiree Health Care Liabilities to VEBA
5 Jan 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced yesterday it has completed the transfer of the UAW retiree health care liabilities to the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust (VEBA), in a move considered by the ...
Ford Offers Buyouts to ALL UAW Hourly Workers
22 Dec 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The single big American manufacturer to have survived 2009 without going through the ordeal of the infamous Chapter 11 sees itself forced to cut its workforce, as it still faces overstaff issues. ...
Bob King, UAW's 10th President
17 Dec 2009, 13:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bob King, UAW vice president in charge of the national Ford section has been nominated by a group of union officials to succeed Ron Gettelfinger as UAW president next year. According to DetNews, Kin...
Confirmed: UAW Rejects Ford Contract
3 Nov 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American manufacturer Ford's hopes of getting to the hearts and minds of its UAW workers and convince them of the revisions proposed in their contracts were aimed at making the company more...