Ford Contract, Rejected by the UAW
2 Nov 2009, 09:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What became apparent last week turned into certainty over the weekend, as Ford's UAW workers overwhelmingly rejected the proposed contract changes. Even if the final votes are expected today, s...
Five Plants Reject Ford Contract
28 Oct 2009, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After it registered the first defeat in Kansas, where local workers rejected the new contract proposed by Ford, the wave of critics and opponents grows even bigger. As of yesterday, there are five p...
Ford Kansas Workers Reject Contract Changes
26 Oct 2009, 15:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After all seemed to fit into place and the revised contract proposed by the American manufacturer to the UAW scored approval after approval in Ford plants, an unlikely result was registered at Ford&...
Toyota Blames High Costs for Closing NUMMI
29 Aug 2009, 19:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced a few days ago that it will close the NUMMI plant in California, a move which, according to preliminary figures, could affect around 50,000 people, more or les...
UAW Reacts to NUMMI Closure
28 Aug 2009, 07:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced earlier today, Toyota Motor Corporation confirmed the closure of the New United Motor Manufacturing plant on March 31, 2010. The decision, although understandable for Toyota from the fi...
UAW Calls for NUMMI Save
28 Jul 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The UAW on Monday sent a message to members, retirees and supporters in which they stated they would call for Congress intervention in an attempt to persuade Toyota to keep its California assembly ...
Ford Ends UAW Buyouts
24 Jul 2009, 14:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The only American manufacturer who have survived so far without official government support has announced today 1,000 UAW workers have accepted the company's buyouts in the last quarter and it ...
Lear Reaches UAW Agreement
17 Jul 2009, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bankrupt automotive supplier Lear announced today it has reached a tentative deal with the UAW on a contract for some 700 hourly workers at seating plants in Arlington and Wentzville. The company di...
GM to Exit Bankruptcy on Thursday
8 Jul 2009, 13:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Much faster than initially predicted, American manufacturer GM, or General Motors Company, as it will be called from now on, is getting ready to exit bankruptcy tomorrow, as soon as the court'...
GM Awaits Its Fate
3 Jul 2009, 10:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All that could be done has been done... The three day long hearing of GM's case in bankruptcy court ended and now the American manufacturer is awaiting the approval of assets sale over to the n...
Toyota: We Won't Close NUMMI
30 Jun 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday GM announced it has decided to place its NUMMI operation in the "bad assets" basket, questions started surfacing about the fate of the plant and of its some 5,000 workers....
The Battle for GM's Small Car Down to Three Plants
11 Jun 2009, 07:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you probably remember from our previous coverage on the matter, General Motors recently decided after an agreement with the United Auto Workers union to save one of the plants sentenced to closur...
Confirmed: GM Will Build Small Car in the US
31 May 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / One more rumor that proves to be true. General Motors has finally confirmed that it will build a small car in the United States, following the agreement it reached with the United Auto Workers (UAW)...
GM Makes Final Exchange Offer
28 May 2009, 14:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Motors, heavily supported by the US Treasury Department is now trying to make a last ditch effort to save itself from a long and costly bankruptcy process. After the initial exchange offer b...
LaSorda: Fiat Was the Only Option
28 May 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Who is still living under the impression that the main focus of the Fiat-Chrysler alliance was the introduction of new technologies in the US should stand corrected. In the beginning, the main reas...
GM to Save 2 Plants Sentenced to Death
27 May 2009, 10:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the agreement General Motors has reached with the United Auto Workers (UAW), the American automaker will save two factories targeted for closure. According to the terms of the agreement, G...
GM, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement
24 May 2009, 21:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors today announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) which is regarded as a major step towards a successful restructuring process started by the Ame...
GM Reaches UAW Agreement, Lenders Await
22 May 2009, 12:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One minor step for GM, yet in the right direction. The American manufacturer now operating with next week's sword over head has come to an agreement with the UAW, eliminating one of the obstacl...
Chrysler to Expand Separation Programs
18 May 2009, 15:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The closure of six of Chrysler's plants (apart for the two who have already been closed) has raised concerns about the future of the company's employees. As a result of the talks with the ...
UAW Ratifies Chrysler Contract
30 Apr 2009, 06:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Awaiting today's decision regarding its future along side Fiat, Chrysler managed to ratify it's restructuring contract with the UAW. 82 percent of production workers, 80 percent of the ski...