After a few years of turmoil and layoffs amongst its ranks, the UAW is looking to secure more jobs for its members in the long-run. To that end, it will consider an expansion of lower, tier-two wages for hourly workers at some GM facilities. “We will look at anything when it comes to negotiations that [...]
The American auto industry has been steadily climbing uphill since the financial crisis of 2008, and more good news is in; after a few years of hardship and layoffs, the Detroit 3 are almost back to full-employment. UAW VP Joe Ashton said that the final 2,000 hourly workers laid off at GM will be back [...]
Eminem seems to be becoming an influential figure in the American auto industry. Following his very successful commercial with Chrysler, ‘Born of Fire,’ Eminem today appeared in an inspirational message to the delegates attending the UAW three-day bargaining convention in Detroit. In a moving 3-minute video, Eminem told UAW members never to give up. “You [...]
United Auto Workers President Bob King thinks that FoMoCo CEO’s pay package is a little to extreme. King said that Mulally’s lucrative pay package was ‘morally wrong’ over the fact that the Dearborn automaker’s CEO received stock worth about $54.5 million from the company. Mulally, who is greatly responsible for the turnaround of Ford, received [...]
Here is some bad news for the United Auto Workers. A Chrysler employee claims that she was fired after she broke off a relationship with a UAW official. The details were released in a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court. Filed by Janet Burney, a member of the UAW Local 51 at Chrysler’s Mack Avenue plant, the [...]
Detroit’s Big Three are dishing out cash to retirees and surviving spouses for inflation bonuses. GM paid out $200 million to 267,000 retirees and 72,000 surviving spouses, while Chrysler paid out $41 million, and Ford expects to do the same to the tune of $70 million. Active hourly employees at all three companies will forgo [...]
In an effort to bring more jobs to UAW shops in the U.S., President Bob King will be making a trip to Italy to tour Fiat S.p.A’s facilities and meet with CEO Sergio Marchionne. King will be looking at the systems in place at Fiat that Marchionne is starting to phase in stateside, while meeting [...]
The UAW has a new president, after Bob King was elected today after a long roll call vote at the UAW national convention. King, 63, succeeds Ron Gettelfinger, 65, who is heading into retirement after leading the union through two turbulent four-year terms, which included last year’s auto recession. King has conceded some popularity in [...]
Toyota Motors Corp and Tesla Motors last night announced a historic partnership in which both automakers will mass produce electric-vehicles. As a part of the partnership, Toyota will purchase a $50 million stock in Tesla. Tesla also said it will purchase the NUMMI factory in Fremont, California to produce electric-vehicles starting off with the Model [...]
Ron Gettelfinger, UAW President, said today that he’s a fan of Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler’s new CEO, and Ed Whitacre Jr., CEO of General Motors. Gettelfinger said that he likes the CEOs because they aren’t a “showboat.” “They’re down to earth, not a showboat,” he said. “This industry has had too many showboats.” Gettelfinger, who is [...]
