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UAW and Auto Worker Union Stories
June 1, 2009 - UAW & GM Owner - Detroit MI
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G.M.’s New Owners, U.S. and Labor, Adjust to Roles Now, with General Motors and Chrysler in bankruptcy and the union a major shareholder in both through its retiree health fund, life has become a lot more complicated for the U.A.W. |
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May 30, 2009 - UAW and General Motors, Detroit MI
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General Motors wins concessions from UAW The deal will reduce GM's debts while cutting its production costs when it emerges from a likely bankruptcy. The automaker also sells its Opel unit to Canadian parts supplier Magna International. |
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May 21, 2009 - The UAW & General Motors, Detroit MI
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G.M. in Deal With Union as Deadline Approaches General Motors reached a deal with its union on concessions on Thursday and is now racing the clock to persuade its bondholders to eliminate $27 billion in debt and avoid a bankruptcy filing. |
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May 20, 2009 - GM Engine Plant - Flint North, Flint MI
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The Last Holdouts Cast Their Lot With G.M. The workers at Flint North are hoping to ride out whatever the future brings, including bankruptcy. |
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May 1, 2009 - UAW & Chrysler, Detroit MI
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| Union Takes Rare Front Seat in Deal for Chrysler |  |
April 29, 2009 - United Auto Workers, Detroit MI
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| As Detroit Is Remade, the U.A.W. Stands to Gain |  |
April 15, 2009 - Fiat - Chrysler - Canadian and American Auto Unions, Toronto and Rome
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Fiat To Chrysler: Cut Union Costs or We Walk CEO says auto maker prepared to scrap last-chance merger unless unions agree to match competitors' low labour costs |
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April 2, 2009 - Edward Montgomery, Washington D.C.
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Auto Official to Focus on Displaced Workers Former deputy labor secretary Edward Montgomery, President Obama's new point man to help towns harmed by the collapse of the auto industry, said yesterday that he's going to focus his efforts on helping displaced workers get such services as extended health-care benefits, income support and retraining. |
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Update May 8, 2009
Update May 22, 2009 |
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March 31, 2009 - America's Auto Workers
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| Workers Share in the Pressure on Carmakers |  |
March 20, 2009 - Ron Gettlefinger - UAW, Detroit MI
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UAW looks toward Gettelfinger successor Union chief to retire in 2010; Ford rep in the running. |
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March 8, 2009 - Canadian Auto Workers Union and GM Canada, Ottawa CA
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| G.M. Canada Offers Pact That Avoids Wage Cuts |  |
| Ken Lewenza, head of the Canadian Auto Workers. The union’s members will vote on the agreement this week. | |
March 8, 2009 - UAW Union workers at Lordstown Metal Plant, Lordstown OH
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| Despite GM's troubles, Ohio workers upbeat |  |
March 5, 2009 - A.F.L-C.I.O winter meetings, Miami Beach FL
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Humbled, the U.A.W. Is Appealing for Support The U.A.W., a much humbled but still proud union, was reluctant to ask others for help. But with polls showing that most Americans oppose bailing out Detroit, the union has asked its union allies for a hand. |
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| Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers | |
March 1, 2009 - President Obama and US Labor Unions
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| In Obama, Labor Finds the Support It Expected |  |
Campaigning in Detroit last fall, Barack Obama met with, from left, Ron Gettelfinger of the U.A.W., James Hoffa of the Teamsters and John Sweeney of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Mr. Sweeney has visited the White House at least once a week since Inauguration Day. |
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February 25, 2009 - UAW and Ford Motor Company, Detroit MI
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UAW urged to OK Ford survival plan It could set pattern for GM, Chrysler |
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February 23, 2009 - UAW and Ford Motor Company , Detroit MI
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Ford and Union in Accord on Health Care Ford Motor Company can substitute its stock for as much as half of its payments into a retiree health care trust under a deal announced Monday by the automaker and the United Automobile Workers union. |
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February 17, 2009 - UAW and Big Three Automakers, Detroit MI
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| UAW, Detroit 3 reach tentative deal |  |
February 16, 2009 - Ron Bloom, Pittsburgh PA
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| A Likely Obama Pick for Auto Adviser Is Strong in Union Ways |  |
February 2, 2009 - UAW Members - GM and Chrysler, Detroit MI
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Cash and Cars for Auto Workers Who Quit Members of the United Automobile Workers union at Chrysler plants who qualify to retire can collect $50,000 and a voucher worth $25,000 off the price of a new vehicle. |
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January 19, 2009 - Ron Gettelfinger UAW, Detroit MI
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Gettelfinger: Deadline for GM, Chrysler restructuring plans may be unattainable |
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| Update January 21, 2009 attainable now..... | |
January 15, 2009 - UAW and GM Negotiating Pay Cuts, Detroit MI
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Automakers' Fate Is on the Table GM and Its Unions Are Negotiating Pay Cuts to Meet Terms of Federal Loan |
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January 12, 2009 - Ron Gettelfinger UAW at Detroit Auto Show, Detroit MI
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UAW Backs Idea of 'Car Czar' "We welcome a car czar," Mr. Gettelfinger said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal |
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The 'Car Czar' Machine |
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January 12, 2009 - UAW Protest Detroit Auto Show, Detroit MI
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| Shortly after General Motors held a pep rally during its new-car rollout on Sunday, about 300 auto workers and labor activists rallied across from the site of the auto show here, protesting against possible United Automobile Workers union concessions. |  |
January 9, 2009 - Automakers US Federal Loan Fine Print
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UAW strike would kill auto loans Auto rescue terms raise stakes in deal mandating changes in pay, benefits |
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December 31, 2008 - WSJ Opinion Story
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Let Detroit Build Profitable Cars - In the continuing battle over Detroit, UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger doesn't seem to get the picture. Let's help him.
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December 28, 2008 - UAW Workers and Barack Obama
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| Unions are looking to Barack Obama and rising economic anxiety to reverse organized labor’s long slide. |  |
December 25, 2008 - French Labor Unions, Souchaux France
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| French Unions Losing Influence in Downturn |  |
| Nadège Taesch, left, who is afraid the economy will worsen, covers cars with Emmanuelle Valland for the plant’s one-month close. | |
December 24, 2008 - UAW, Detroit MI
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| UAW Vows to Fight Salary Concessions - Labor Leaders Seek to Renegotiate White House Terms on Auto Bailout |  |
December 20, 2008 - UAW, Detroit MI
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| With the announcement of the federal loan deal yesterday, the union found itself being forced into concessions that some described as tantamount to surrender. |  |
December 13, 2008 - Senator Bob Corker, Spring Hill TN
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| "We're deeply disappointed in Senator Corker -- that's the official statement," said Mike Herron, union chief at the GM plant here. "But actually my members want to choke him." |  |
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Updated January 14, 2009 |
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December 9, 2008 - GM Pittsburgh Plant, West Mifflin PA
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| The closing of an aging General Motors Corp. metal-stamping plant here shows how blue- and white-collar workers have been treated differently, with the former faring slightly better. |  |
December 8, 2008 - General Motors, Detroit MI
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| UAW Concessions Are Critical to GM's Survival - To avoid bankruptcy, GM needs federal money and a guarantee that the UAW will accept a weaker health-care plan. |  |
December 8, 2008 - UAW, Detroit MI
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| The United Auto Workers' bargaining committees from General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC are scheduled to meet in Detroit this week, facing pressure to make additional contract concessions in order to secure federal aid for the struggling automakers. |  |