UAW Contract Negotiations Blow Past Deadline, Marchionne Lashes Out
The United Auto Workers and the Detroit automakers have been locked in negotiations for months now, as both sides seek to redefine their relationship in the post-bailout era. And though all sides have...
View ArticleCAW May Try New Tactic Of Simultaneous Talks With Automakers
The CAW may abandon their tactic of using negotiations with one automaker as a precedent for other negotiations, and conduct simultaneous talks with Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. The CAW is...
View ArticleCAW Mulling Strikes At All Three Automakers
A report by Reuters suggests that the Canadian Auto Worker’s union may take the unprecedented step of striking at the plants of all three domestic automakers. Traditionally, the union targets one...
View ArticleMarchionne: Chrysler Has “Other Options” Beyond Canada
With the CAW’s strike deadline looming, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is taking a harder line in the media, pushing his vision of a profit-sharing agreement between Chrysler and the CAW, while boldly...
View ArticleFiat Confirms Italian Built Exports As CAW Deal Expected Today
With a CAW labor contract expected to be announced today, Fiat has confirmed that cars built in Italy will be exported to markets like the United States, as Fiat looks beyond its ailing home market...
View ArticleQuestion Of The Day: What Is The Lamest Reason Why Someone Decided Not To Buy...
Click here to view the embedded video. Sometimes Wikipedia cracks me up. The Toyota Previa… “failed to steal any significant share from the Chrysler minivans due to its high price, odd Asian styling,...
View ArticleGM Korea Workers Vote To Strike Amid Stalling Negotiations
Amid stalling wage and production negotiations between GM Korea and its workers, the latter have voted to strike. Reuters reports 69 percent of the 14,016-strong workforce voted to put down their...
View ArticleMahindra & Mahindra In Negotiations To Buy Pininfarina
Pininfarina designs many things: Ferraris, scissors, Coke machines. Now, Mahindra & Mahindra wants the Italian house’s talents. Bloomberg reports the Indian manufacturer — known in the United...
View ArticleUnion Talks Set to Start on Monday, Will Focus on Raises
The newest round of negotiations between the Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers will focus on narrowing the gap between veteran workers and “second-tier” workers hired after 2011,...
View ArticleAutomakers Using Chinese, Mexican Production As Leverage With UAW
As talks with the United Auto Workers continue, domestic automakers may be using global production strategies to leverage lower wages from the massive union, Automotive News is reporting. News that...
View ArticleUAW to Members: “This Isn’t a Contract Year of Concession” [Video]
The UAW is disseminating a message of hope on its YouTube channel, letting the members know the negotiations are going to be rosey, everyone is getting a pony, and you absolutely totally shouldn’t...
View ArticleUAW May Pull Plug on FCA Work at Any Time
Representatives from the United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles agreed Tuesday to extend their contract on an “hour-by-hour” basis, Reuters reported. Workers reported Tuesday for their...
View ArticleUAW-FCA Negotiations: Salaried Say Yea, Hourly Say Nay (So Far)
Hourly employees at FCA’s stamping facility in Sterling Heights and parts operation in Warren, Michigan aren’t exactly thrilled with the deal they’ve been presented. According to The Detroit News,...
View ArticlePossible Volkswagen-Red Bull F1 Engine Deal ‘Up In Smoke’
Red Bull’s F1 team is the latest victim of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal, as a possible deal between the team and the automaker has gone “up in smoke.” Those were the words team principal Christian...
View ArticleFiat Chrsyler May Double Use of Temp Workers Under New Deal
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles may double the amount of temporary workers it uses under a new deal negotiated with the United Auto Workers, Bloomberg reported (via Automotive News). The negotiated terms...
View ArticleGeneral Motors-United Auto Workers Deal Includes Billions for Plants, Bonuses...
A proposed contract between the United Auto Workers and General Motors will eventually end a tiered pay system divided between veteran auto workers and employees hired after 2008, and provide annual...
View ArticleNAFTA Abolishment Looms Less Large as Trade Posturing Subsides Between U.S....
Now that Mexican negotiators aren’t reacting specifically to President Trump’s heated rhetoric over foreign trade policies, their terror and rage has begun to subside. The North American Free Trade...
View ArticleUAW Increases Strike Pay Ahead of Summer Negotiations
United Auto Workers President Gary Jones announced Monday that worker strike pay has increased from $200 to $250 a week, signaling the possibility of walkouts just a few months before U.S. worker...
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