MichiganGM cuts Sonic, Verano output to trim stockpiles 1:50 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 19, 2012  GM has temporarily idled the Michigan plant that makes the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano, one of several factories where shifts have been canceled as the company works to reduce high inventories. Production was halted this week at GM's Lake Orion assembly plant in suburban Detroit to adjust inventory, two people with knowledge of the schedule said. The plant's roughly 1,800 workers are expected to return Jan. 2, after a scheduled holiday break next week, the sources said.... Read More »
Michigan right-to-work law viewed as domino redefining Midwest states 8:26 am U.S. ET | Dec. 14, 2012  Michigan’s swift conversion to a right-to-work state has galvanized advocates of the law, who vow to seek similar legislation nationwide under the battle cry: “If it can happen in Michigan, it can happen anywhere.” The next logical targets are Michigan’s Midwest neighbors that also have Republican governors and legislatures -- Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.... Read More »
Nexteer, citing steering contract, will expand in Michigan 1:10 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 14, 2012  Nexteer Automotive said it is investing nearly $70 million and adding 325 jobs at its headquarters in Michigan to handle a new contract with a Detroit automaker. The supplier, which makes advanced steering and driveline systems, declined to identify the automaker it will supply with its 12-volt rack electric power steering system in a contract through 2022.... Read More »
How Republicans engineered a blow to the UAW and Michigan's powerful unions 10:15 am U.S. ET | Dec. 13, 2012  From outside Michigan Republican circles, it appeared that the Republican drive to weaken unions came out of the blue -- proposed, passed and signed in a mere six days. But the transformation had been in the making since March 2011 when state Senator Pat Colbeck and a fellow freshman, state Representative Mike Shirkey, first seriously considered legislation to ban mandatory collection of union dues as a condition of employment in Michigan.... Read More »
NEWS ANALYSIS Right to work may put Mich. back on business map 11:07 am U.S. ET | Dec. 12, 2012  Michigan, a symbol of American industrial rise and decline, is about to get a second look from corporate America. The heavily unionized state took a big step toward encouraging business investment on Tuesday with "right to work" legislation that prohibits union membership as a condition of employment.... Read More »
Michigan governor signs 'right-to-work' bills 11:13 am U.S. ET | Dec. 11, 2012  Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, without ceremony, signed two so-called right-to-work measures that would ban mandatory union dues in Michigan workplaces, making the Midwest state and union stronghold the 24th state to enact such legislation, and the second this year after Indiana. The law is a practical and symbolic rout in a bastion of organized labor in the United States, and opponents said it presaged political warfare.... Read More »
Obama opposes proposed 'right to work' measures in Michigan 3:55 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012  President Barack Obama today threw his support behind labor unions opposed to a Republican-led drive for "right-to-work" laws in Michigan, saying efforts to pass such measures were not about economics but about politics.... Read More »
UAW stunned by Michigan right-to-work bills 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012 UAW President Bob King got an early lump of coal in his Christmas stocking from Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder last week when Snyder agreed to support right-to-work legislation.... Read More »
UAW, Michigan unions to protest 'right-to-work' measures this week 8:23 am U.S. ET | Dec. 9, 2012  The UAW and union members opposed to Michigan becoming a "right-to-work" state plan major protests in the state capital this week to try to stop Republicans from restricting labor unions in the cradle of the unionized American auto industry.... Read More »
Michigan 'right-to-work' law exempts existing union contracts 9:19 am U.S. ET | Dec. 7, 2012  The proposed Michigan "right-to-work" law will not apply to existing union contracts, a leading sponsor of the proposal said today. Such an exemption in the measure would likely blunt the its immediate impact on the huge auto industry in the state. Michigan Republicans pushed through the state Legislature on Thursday a law making the payment of union dues voluntary in the private sector. The state Senate also voted to apply this to the public sector except for police and fire unions.... Read More »
Michigan governor supports 'right-to-work' legislation 12:40 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 6, 2012 Republican Governor Rick Snyder said he wants Michigan to be the 24th state to adopt a "right-to-work" law making payment of union dues voluntary, setting up a confrontation with organized labor in the home of the American auto industry.... Read More »
New-vehicle fuel economy remains at record high, researchers say 12:23 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 6, 2012 Fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the United States remained at its highest level in November, University of Michigan researchers said Wednesday. Greenhouse gas emissions in September, meanwhile, declined to their lowest level since researchers began tracking them in October 2007.... Read More »
Right-to-work issue inflames labor in UAW home 1:11 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 5, 2012  Michigan, home to carmakers and the UAW, may ban mandatory union-dues payments if Republicans who run the Legislature pass such a law, making it the 24th right-to-work state. The issue has inflamed organized labor, which lost a costly ballot campaign in November to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state constitution.... Read More »
Teens text more while driving than parents think, study says 2:32 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 27, 2012 Teenagers are 26 times more likely to send text messages while driving than their parents expect, based on preliminary results of a safety study by Toyota and the University of Michigan.... Read More »
Fisker plans Midwest tech center to help develop second hybrid 3:56 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 15, 2012  Fisker Automotive says it plans to open a tech center in the Midwest, possibly in Southeast Michigan, to aid development of the Atlantic, the hybrid automaker's second vehicle.... Read More »
Share of older U.S. male drivers declines 1:35 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 13, 2012 The proportion of older male drivers on U.S. roads is declining, which will affect vehicle demand, energy consumption and road safety, University of Michigan researchers say.... Read More »
Ford hires 5,200 while pushing factory use to 114% of capacity 10:56 am U.S. ET | Nov. 8, 2012  Ford has added about 5,200 jobs this year in its domestic factories, and its North American plants are operating at 114 percent of capacity, the highest in more than three decades, a top manufacturing executive said today.... Read More »
Obama leverages auto bailout for crucial Midwest wins 7:16 am U.S. ET | Nov. 7, 2012 Support in Ohio for the bailout helped Obama to a victory Tuesday in the state, which together with Michigan has about 65 percent of General Motors and Chrysler Group's domestic factories. A projected Ohio win for Obama shortly after 11 p.m. Eastern time and a win in Oregon pushed the president over the required 270 electoral votes, according to the AP.... Read More »
Recording contradicts defendant in GM trade secrets case 4:27 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 7, 2012  Federal prosecutors say a Michigan man accused of unauthorized possession of General Motors’ trade secrets lied to his employer about a side company he and his wife operated.... Read More »
Dow Chemical plans $1.1 billion charge to write down plant closings, battery business 6:21 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 30, 2012 Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion battery business and lay off thousands of workers.... Read More »
LG Chem confirms delay at battery plant 3:44 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 24, 2012 Sluggish demand for electric vehicles has led South Korean battery maker LG Chem to delay the start of production at its new plant in western Michigan. Production at the lithium ion battery cell plant was scheduled to start this year, but the company put 200 employees on a rolling furlough on April 30, and extended the furloughs on Aug. 30.... Read More »
Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS production could be added to Michigan plant, report says 11:39 am U.S. ET | Oct. 22, 2012  Production of the Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS sedans could be added at Ford's plant in Flat Rock, Mich., near Detroit within a couple of years, a Detroit newspaper reported today.... Read More »
A123 files for bankruptcy, plans to sell automotive battery business to JCIOct. 16, 2012 15:58 CET  Lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection Tuesday and said supplier Johnson Controls has agreed to acquire its automotive battery business.... Read More »
A123 files for bankruptcy, plans to sell automotive battery business to JCI 9:58 am U.S. ET | Oct. 16, 2012  Lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today in federal Bankruptcy Court in Delaware and said Johnson Controls has agreed to acquire its automotive battery business.... Read More »
GM weighs powertrain headquarters expansion in suburban Detroit 1:43 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 9, 2012 General Motors may expand its global powertrain engineering headquarters in suburban Detroit, where an $87.6 million tax abatement has been approved.... Read More »
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