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NEWS ABOUT: auto worker

auto worker stories: 6 news summaries

Ex-Autoworkers Retool for Lower Paying Jobs

Industry vets remake themselves as truck drivers, nurses' aides

Jul 4, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of ex-autoworkers left adrift by the industry's implosion are having to learn new skills and get used to lower pay, the Washington Post reports. Community colleges in the auto industry's heartland are jam-packed with midlife workers aiming to qualify quickly to become truck drivers, computer technicians or... More »

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Michigan • unemployment • training • auto industry • auto worker

Jeep Wrangler
Is Star of
Reborn Chrysler

Sales actually up for 'original sport-utility vehicle' with WWII roots

Jun 11, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Fiat-Chrysler alliance finalized, workers must get hopping to churn out more Jeep Wranglers, the military-vehicle-turned-adventure-ride that’s one of just three American cars whose sales are up this year. It’s “probably one of the main reasons why Chrysler is still here,” an auto analyst tells... More »

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Chrysler • auto industry • Fiat • Jeep • auto worker • Jeep Wrangler

GM, UAW Cut Deal on Labor, Health Care

Tentative pact may
save struggling auto giant more than $1B

May 21, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monitored by the Treasury department, General Motors and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative deal to modify conditions of their labor contract and retiree health care trust, which could save the flatlining automaker more than $1 billion. Still, Chapter 11 bankruptcy remains likely for GM, and union reps... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • automaker • labor costs • health care trust • auto worker

 Sweden to Saab: Tough Luck 

The G.M.-owned Swedish automaker seeks a buyer to save itself

Mar 23, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - As governments around the world have propped up their automobile companies, typically paternalistic Sweden has answered Saab’s plea for help with an unexpected reply: “No.” No bailout, no takeover. The town of Trollhattan in southwest Sweden now faces economic catastrophe akin to Detroit’s decline as its... More »

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General Motors • unemployment • Sweden • auto industry • job • Saab • auto worker

 Recession Lifts 
 Auto Repair Shops 

People aim to keep cars running rather than buy new ones

Mar 17, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - For car mechanics, the recession has its perks: Americans are flocking to repair shops to ensure their vehicles run longer in tough times, CNNMoney reports. Automotive Service Association members have seen a 16% boost in sales compared to last year. “In relative terms, that $1,000 repair to keep... More »

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recession • auto industry • cars • repair shop • auto worker

(Newser) - A retired Ohio autoworker born in Ukraine is facing charges in the murder of 29,000 Jews during World War II, the AP reports. German authorities allege John Demjanjuk was a guard at the Sobibor concentration camp in Poland between March and September 1943. Demjanjuk, 88, maintains his innocence. He... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • Ohio • deportation • concentration camp • Nazi • extradition • murder trial • John Demjanjuk • auto worker

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