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EDITORIAL

 Dark Day for Detroit 

Bailout collapse leaves state fretting over future

Dec 12, 08 2:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Detroit's bailout has crashed and burned, casting a pall on Michigan's future, the Detroit Free Press writes. The state knows the pain that comes with tough times in the auto industry all too well, and it's "incredible" that any American lawmaker "could want to watch these hard times... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • Michigan • Ford • auto industry • US automakers • bailout • auto bailout

 Chrysler Hires Bankruptcy Firm 

Privately owned automaker preparing for Chapter 11 should feds not help out

Dec 5, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Chrysler has contracted a law firm to help it prepare for bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The hiring of Jones Day suggests the automaker faces immediate failure if Congress decides to deny financial assistance to Detroit automakers. Jones Day has experience in automotive matters and has represented the United... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • bankruptcy • General Motors • merger • Robert Nardelli • auto industry • Big Three • Chapter 11 • law firm • financial crisis • Jones Day

 UAW Bends to 
 Boost Bailout 

Concessions meant to help Big Three win financial help from feds

Dec 3, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The United Auto Workers agreed today to concessions that may help Detroit get $34 billion in federal assistance, the Detroit News reports. The union’s job bank—which pays eliminated employees 95% of their base salaries—will be suspended, and the UAW will delay billions in payments to its health... More »

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Congress • United Auto Workers • General Motors • labor unions • Ron Gettelfinger • Big Three • US automakers • bailout • financial crisis

Put the Brakes on
Car Chiefs' Pay: UAW Boss

Loans necessary to escape temporary bind, he adds

Dec 1, 08 4:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The nation's Big Three automakers should pledge to limit executive pay—including bonuses and severance packages—in exchange for federal money, insists the president of the United Auto Workers. Ron Gettelfinger warned that everyone is going to have to tighten his belt, including the rank-and-file, in order to save jobs.... More »

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United Auto Workers • executive compensation • Michigan • wages • automaker • labor unions • Big Three • US automakers • golden parachutes

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Ga.'s Chambliss on Runoff: 'We'll Win Again'

Fellow GOP senators praise Obama picks, pledge bipartisanship

Nov 30, 08 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite failing to muster 50% of the vote Nov. 4, Sen. Saxby Chambliss said he would prevail in Tuesday’s runoff against Democrat Jim Martin. “We’ll win again,” the Georgia Republican declared on Fox News Sunday. But Chambliss declined to say he would benefit from the lower... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • United Auto Workers • Robert Gates • Laura Bush • Arlen Specter • Richard Lugar • bipartisanship • Saxby Chambliss

 UAW Eyes Give-Backs 
 to Help Big 3 Bailout 

Union ready to make concessions to secure industry loan

Nov 21, 08 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The United Auto Workers appears to be easing off its “no more cuts” stance. The union is negotiating a swath of concessions it hopes will convince Congress to loan money to the Big Three, starting with the elimination of its controversial jobs bank, the Detroit Free Press reports.... More »

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Congress • United Auto Workers • Detroit • auto industry • Big Three • bailout

Auto Bosses to Press Pelosi for Another $25B

Latest reports
sound alarm on
industry crisis

Nov 6, 08 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The CEOs of Detroit's troubled Big Three automakers and the head of the UAW are set to meet today with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to ask for another $25 billion in government loans, the Detroit Free Press reports. Detroit had its worst sales month in 25 years in October, and... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • Ford • auto industry • bailout

OPINION

Pensions, Benefits Have GM Stalled

Automaker hamstrung by 1950s promises to unions—maybe fatally

Jul 10, 08 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors is suffering as oil prices surge and consumer spending wanes, Roger Lowenstein writes in the New York Times. But the biggest, and perhaps fatal, culprit of its recent troubles—with stock prices near a 50-year low—are the generous health care and pension benefits it agreed to lavish... More »

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United Auto Workers • pensions • General Motors • auto industry • auto sales • Walter Reuther

 American Axle Deal
 Restarts GM Plants 

Wage cuts, buyouts, buydowns, plant closings a bitter pill for workers

May 19, 08 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors is poised to resume production at dozens of idled plants as workers at American Axle & Manufacturing, a key GM supplier, have reached a tentative deal in their 11-week-old strike. The UAW strike had all but stopped the production of GM's highly profitable SUVs, pickups, and vans, reports... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • buyout • auto industry • UAW strike • American Axel & Manufacturing

Chrysler Loss Deepened After Daimler Split

Filing shows a $2.9B loss in Aug.-Sept. '07, big bonus to CEO

Feb 28, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Chrysler lost nearly $2.9 billion in a 2-month period last fall, after its split from Daimler, a filing by the German company shows. The filing by Daimler, which retains 19.9% of the automaker, offers a rare look at how costly the company's reorganization effort has been since it... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • DaimlerChrysler • Detroit • earnings reports • Robert Nardelli • Tom LaSorda

Auto Worker Powerhouse Doug Fraser
Dead at 91

Ex union boss helped save Chrysler from ruin

Feb 25, 08 2:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Former United Auto Workers president Doug Fraser, who played a vital role in saving Chrysler from bankruptcy, died yesterday at age 91. The cause of death was unknown, but Fraser had been suffering from emphysema, the Detroit Free Press reports. As UAW president during the ’70s and ’80s,... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • Detroit • unions • obituary • labor unions • auto industry • Ron Gettelfinger • Douglas Fraser • Wayne State University

GM Posts Industry Record $38.7B Loss

Company will offer buyouts to all 74K UAW workers in the US

Feb 12, 08 7:05 AM CST
(Newser) - General Motors today posted a $38.7 billion loss for 2007, the largest annual deficit ever for an automotive company, beating its own 1992 record of $23.4 billion. GM also struck a deal with the United Auto Workers on buyout options for the remaining 74,000 hourly UAW workers... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • Rick Wagoner

GM Offering Buyouts to 5,200 Workers

New round aims to slash labor costs

Dec 19, 07 5:59 AM CST
(Newser) - General Motors is offering to buy out another 5,200 hourly workers, the Detroit News reports. The automaker, worried that the slowdown in auto sales will carry into next year, is keen to get veteran workers out the door and lower-paid new workers in. Over 34,000 blue-collar workers left... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • labor • buyout • auto industry • Rick Wagoner

Ford Workers Ratify Pact
With UAW

All three big
automakers have
now finalized deals

Nov 14, 07 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - UAW workers at Ford overwhelmingly approved a four-year contract today that shifts responsibility for some retiree health benefits to the union, the Detroit Free Press reports. The agreement also allows Ford to hire new employees for lower wages and fewer benefits. The contract approval follows similar deals at GM and... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • labor • Ford • cars

GM’s Wagoner Weathering
the Storm

Despite $39B loss, he's earned respect, making progress

Nov 8, 07 9:31 AM CST
(Newser) - CEO heads are rolling on Wall Street as third quarter red ink stains their reps and boards act to soothe shareholder worries with new management, cost cutting, and reorganization. But it's business as usual in Detroit, where GM CEO Rick Wagoner just announced a staggering $39 billion loss, reports Business ... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • auto industry • Rick Wagoner

Ford, UAW Agree on  Pact

Follows GM, Chrysler deals, including trust to offload health-care costs

Nov 3, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - After 40 hours of marathon bargaining, Ford and the United Auto Workers reached a deal on a new contract this morning, the Wall Street Journal reports. The contract follows the outlines of earlier pacts hammered out by GM and Chrysler, including moving about $23 million in obligations for employee health-care... More »

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United Auto Workers • Ford

Chrysler to Lay Off 12,000

Company will cut jobs, vehicles to adjust to failing auto market

Nov 1, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chrysler today announced plans to cut up to 12,100 jobs, about 14% of its workforce, on top of the 13,000 layoffs announced in February. With the US auto market tumbling—sales are on pace for their worst year since 1998—Chrysler’s new owners, private equity firm Cerberus... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • layoffs • labor • Dodge

UAW Ratifies Chrysler Contract

Workers approve deal by narrow majority

Oct 27, 07 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UAW said today that its employees had approved a four-year contract with Chrysler by the thinnest of margins, the Wall Street Journal reports. The union said 56% of production workers and 51% of skilled trade workers voted in favor of the deal, despite significant dissent among workers. The UAW... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • Ron Gettelfinger

UAW Shifts to Hard-Up Ford

As Chrysler ratification nears, toughest talks yet to come

Oct 26, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the United Auto Workers close to ratifying their contract with Chrysler, the union is shifting focus to hammering out a deal with Ford. Negotiations with Ford may prove the toughest of all because Ford is the domestic car maker most in need of cuts, reports the Wall Street Journal.... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • retirees • Ford • Ron Gettelfinger • contract negotiations • UAW Local 600 • voluntary employees' beneficiary associations

OK on Chrysler Pact ThisClose

Workers at four plants vote yes, tipping the scales

Oct 25, 07 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Auto workers at four Chrysler plants voted by significant margins to approve a new labor contract yesterday, increasing the likelihood of final ratification by the company's 45,000 workers, despite rejection at several plants. The last vote, at a small-car plant in Illinois that employs 3,000 workers, is scheduled... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • Ford • Ron Gettelfinger • new contract • ratification

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