UAW study chides Nissan for tax breaks at Miss. plant 3:37 pm U.S. ET | May 17, 2013  A research study commissioned by UAW labor organizers claims that Nissan could receive four times the previously reported level of state and local incentives and tax breaks to operate its assembly plant in Canton, Miss.... Read More »
LINDSAY CHAPPELL How GM and Nissan avoided a UAW thorn 3:15 pm U.S. ET | May 15, 2013  A labor taboo still exists in the North American auto industry, and Nissan and GM sidestepped it this week. GM revealed that it will buy Nissan's compact commercial vans to provide Chevrolet with a competitor to Ford's Transit Connect compact van.... Read More »
NLRB likely to certify UAW to represent Flex-N-Gate workers at Texas plant 3:48 pm U.S. ET | May 10, 2013 The National Labor Relations Board likely will issue a certification today confirming the UAW as bargaining representative for hourly workers at a Flex-N-Gate Corp. plant in Arlington, Texas.... Read More »
Flex-N-Gate workers at Texas plant vote to join UAW 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013 After a contentious organizing drive, hourly workers at a Flex-N-Gate Corp. plant in Arlington, Texas, voted last week to join the UAW. The bumper supplier, which has more than 12,000 employees at 59 sites worldwide, has been a high-profile target of the UAW.... Read More »
Flex-N-Gate workers in Texas vote to join UAW 4:10 pm U.S. ET | May 2, 2013  Hourly workers at a Flex-N-Gate plant in Arlington, Texas, voted to join the UAW on Wednesday. Of the 73 employees eligible to vote, 51 voted in favor of union representation and 22 opposed, the National Labor Relations Board said today. The NLRB conducted the election.... Read More »
Ford to add 2,000 jobs, raise F-150 capacity at Kansas City plant 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 2, 2013  Ford plans to hire an additional 2,000 workers at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to meet increased demand for F-150 pickups and for the upcoming production of the new Transit family of commercial vehicles.... Read More »
Fiat may have to pay union trust fund more for Chrysler shares, judge suggestsApril 25, 2013 17:53 CET  Fiat may have to pay more than its $139.7 million offer for Chrysler Group shares that the automaker wants to buy from the United Auto Workers' retiree health-care trust, a judge suggested.... Read More »
Fiat may have to pay UAW trust fund more for Chrysler shares, judge suggests 11:53 am U.S. ET | April 25, 2013  Fiat may have to pay more than its original offer of about $140 million for Chrysler Group shares being bought from the UAW's retiree health-care trust, a Delaware judge suggested in court today.... Read More »
Fiat close to securing financing for Chrysler buyout, report saysApril 23, 2013 21:02 CET  Fiat could secure financing by May for a possible buyout of the rest of Chrysler, sources said. CEO Sergio Marchionne wants to merge the carmakers to create the world's seventh-largest auto group, tapping Chrysler's cash flow to offset Fiat's losses in Europe.... Read More »
U.S. union leader prods Opel workers to keep German plant openApril 23, 2013 23:19 CET  Workers at Opel's factory in Bochum, Germany, should accept a deal they previously rejected to keep their jobs, Bob King, the head of the U.S.-based United Auto Workers union, said.... Read More »
UAW's King prods Opel workers to revote, keep German plant open 5:19 pm U.S. ET | April 23, 2013  The head of the UAW suggested German hourly workers at a General Motors plant should accept a deal they previously rejected in order to keep their jobs.... Read More »
Fiat close to securing financing for Chrysler buyout, report says 3:02 pm U.S. ET | April 23, 2013  Fiat could secure financing by May for a possible buyout of the rest of Chrysler, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters today.... Read More »
Mercedes joins growing list of UAW organizing targets 4:10 pm U.S. ET | April 15, 2013  The UAW, which has been trying more aggressively to organize foreign-owned auto plants in the United States over the past two years, is taking another shot at organizing the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Ala.... Read More »
Nissan wages to rise after 6-year freeze 7:00 pm U.S. ET | April 12, 2013  Nissan North America, in the midst of dealing with a UAW organizing drive, said it will boost hourly wages for U.S. factory workers later this year for the first time since 2006.... Read More »
NUTS & BOLTS Danny Glover's new role: Nissan's celebrity nemesisApril 9, 2013 06:01 CET  When Hollywood star Danny Glover recently wrapped up shooting his latest movie in Charlotte, North Carolina, he hopped on a plane and flew to Mississippi to be a nuisance to Nissan Motor Co. Glover has decided to devote his spare time to organizing Nissan's U.S. assembly plants for the United Auto Workers.... Read More »
Danny Glover's new role: Nissan's celebrity nemesis 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013  When Hollywood star Danny Glover recently wrapped up shooting his latest movie in Charlotte, N.C., he hopped on a plane and flew to Mississippi to become a gadfly to Nissan Motor Co. Glover has decided to devote his spare time to organizing Nissan's U.S. assembly plants for the UAW... Read More »
UAW assets fell in U.S. last year amid growth push 11:07 am U.S. ET | April 3, 2013  The UAW's total assets fell for the sixth straight year in 2012 while spending on political activities and lobbying nearly quadrupled from the previous year, the union's annual financial filing with the Labor Department shows.... Read More »
UAW membership nudges upward for 3rd straight year 6:29 pm U.S. ET | March 28, 2013  The UAW's membership rolls grew slightly in 2012 as the auto industry rebounded, even though the union did not achieve its longstanding goal of organizing a major auto factory in the South.... Read More »
VW says U.S. workers to decide if they wish to unionizeMarch 28, 2013 10:18 CET  Volkswagen of America says workers at its Chattanooga plant in Tennessee will have the chance to decide whether they want to unionize and expects them to have a ''strong voice'' in operations at the factory.... Read More »
LABOR RELATIONS German union chief to VW Tennessee workers: Join UAWMarch 21, 2013 06:01 CET  The UAW has won the backing of the head of the German IG Metall union in its effort to represent the hourly workers at Volkswagen AG's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant.... Read More »
German union chief to VW Tennessee workers: Join UAW 4:42 pm U.S. ET | March 20, 2013  The UAW has won the backing of the head of an influential German union in its effort to represent the hourly workers at Volkswagen AG's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant.... Read More »
VW, UAW discuss setting up Chattanooga labor board 3:08 pm U.S. ET | March 15, 2013  Volkswagen and the UAW have discussed setting up a German-style labor board at VW's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., the automaker's human resources chief said today. Since the plant opened in 2011 to build the redesigned Passat sedan, VW has said it wants to offer workers there a so-called works council like those that help set pay and benefits at other VW plants around the world.... Read More »
UAW's King juggles expansion, Southern strategy 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 11, 2013  UAW President Bob King says he is slowing the labor union's decades-long membership decline, but his goal of organizing at least one foreign-owned automaker in the South still eludes him.... Read More »
Nissan pursued by UAW amid Geneva's glitz 4:18 pm U.S. ET | March 5, 2013  The UAW hoped to steal some of Nissan's limelight at the Geneva auto show today by holding a press conference there to accuse Nissan of mistreating its nonunion U.S. factory workers.... Read More »
UAW's King juggles diversification, southern strategy 2:18 pm U.S. ET | March 5, 2013  UAW President Bob King says he has finally begun to stem the decades-long membership decline in one of America's most powerful labor unions, but his goal of organizing at least one foreign-owned automaker in the South continues to elude him.... Read More »
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