New Settlement Will Increase Ford’s Competitiveness – Yield New Jobs and...
Ford will invest billions and add at least 5,700 new jobs directly as the result of its new contract with the UAW. The agreement, TheDetroitBureau.com reports, is expected to increase Ford's...
View ArticleChrysler Commits to 2,100 More Jobs, $4.5 Bil Investment
The new UAW contract will generate at least 2,100 additional union jobs and a $4.5 billion investment by Chrysler - but there's a trade-off, workers taking less home in their pockets than their union...
View ArticleUAW Makes It Official: Ford Contract Approved
It's now official. The Ford-UAW contract has been approved. Voting begins, meanwhile, at Chrysler, as TheDetroitBureau.com reports.
View ArticleWinners, Losers and American Car Buyers
Who won when Detroit's Big Three and the UAW hammered out new contracts? Do consumers really care? Veteran auto columnist Warren Brown offers his take on winners, losers and the American car buyer for...
View ArticleUAW Hourly Workers Approve Chrysler Contract
UAW leaders had to resort to an unprecedented procedural move to ensure that the new 4-year Chrysler contract was ratified. The question is whether that could touch off a legal battle, reports...
View ArticleAuto Industry to Add Nearly 200,000 U.S. Jobs
The auto industry is once again looking like a key driver of the U.S. economy, car sales rapidly reviving -- and a new study predicting automakers and suppliers will add nearly 200,000 new jobs by...
View ArticleVW Sidesteps Strike With Big Pay Hike
The European economy may be collapsing but you wouldn't know it according to the big pay hike VW just gave German workers -- their biggest in 20 years. TheDetroitBureau.com has this report.
View ArticleChrysler Workers Get Early Bonus
Chrysler is handing out early bonuses of nearly $2,000 to union workers to honor their "commitment" to the company. More from TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleCanadian Autoworkers Join New Union
Canada's powerful Auto Workers Union is no more. It marked the Labor Day holiday by merging into a larger new union called Unifor. Could it be headed for confrontation with an auto industry worried...
View ArticleUAW Foresees Labor Contract with Volkswagen Plant
The United Auto Workers expects Volkswagen's recognition of the union at the company's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will lead ultimately to a labor contract with the German automaker. That...
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