Labor negotiationsGM: Labor costs must be cut to save Australia plants 3:34 am U.S. ET | June 18, 2013  GM's Holden unit and its labor unions will begin talks to reduce costs enough to keep its Australian plants viable, a month after Ford said it will stop making cars locally.... Read More »
Volkswagen agrees to 5.7% pay raise for German workersMay 28, 2013 08:58 CET  Volkswagen agreed to raise wages for German workers by 5.7 percent over 20 months as the country's biggest manufacturing union helped employees tap into the company's growing profit.... 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 »
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 »
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 »
CAW postpones contract vote at GM's CAMI plant 3:19 pm U.S. ET | March 22, 2013  The CAW has canceled a ratification vote for members at a General Motors assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, originally scheduled for this Sunday, a union representative said.... 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 »
PRODUCTION Ford to pay $750 million severance to workers at Belgium plantMarch 20, 2013 06:01 CET  Hourly workers at Ford's plant in Genk, Belgium, will get $750 million in severance as part of a deal to close that factory by the end of 2014. The per-worker severance payment is less than what GM spent in 2010 to close its factory in Antwerp, Belgium... 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 »
Ford to pay $750 million severance to workers at Belgium plant 5:07 pm U.S. ET | March 19, 2013  Hourly workers at Ford's plant in Genk, Belgium, will get $750 million in severance as part of a deal that allows the automaker to close that factory by the end of 2014. Ford and the 4,000 hourly workers at the plant reached a deal last week that allows the U.S. automaker to go through with its plan to close the factory. The $750 million cash payout comes to an average of $187,500 per worker.... Read More »
Ford to pay $750 million severance to workers at Belgium plant 5:07 pm U.S. ET | March 19, 2013  Hourly workers at Ford's plant in Genk, Belgium, will get $750 million in severance as part of a deal that allows the automaker to close that factory by the end of 2014. Ford and the 4,000 hourly workers at the plant reached a deal last week that allows the U.S. automaker to go through with its plan to close the factory. The $750 million cash payout comes to an average of $187,500 per worker.... 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 »
FINAL ASSEMBLY UAW: Nissan using scare tactics 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013  The UAW has accused Nissan of threatening to shut its Canton, Miss., factory rather than let the UAW in.... Read More »
PSA workers at Aulnay plant transferred early to avoid violenceFeb. 15, 2013 11:51 CET  PSA unions agreed to allow the carmaker start to move workers from its troubled Aulnay plant in response to violence and threats against staff ignoring a strike call.... Read More »
Opel labor talks resume Friday with no end in sightFeb. 14, 2013 15:19 CET  German labor leaders will return to the negotiating table with Opel for two days of talks starting Friday. Representatives of the workforce say there are still "major points" left to clarify between the two sides including the future of 3,000 employees at Bochum's assembly plant, due to close before the end of 2016.... Read More »
UAW presses Flex-N-Gate on wages, worker treatment 8:40 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 13, 2013  UAW members and supporters rallied Wednesday at a Flex-N-Gate plant outside of Detroit and other company facilities to bring attention to what the union cites as mistreatment of workers and lagging wages and benefits.... Read More »
Ghosn says Renault must act to lift French competitivenessJan. 24, 2013 11:19 CET  Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn said the automaker must take action to increase productivity. 'The best thing we can hope for is a market stabilization' in Europe, he said.... Read More »
GM in talks with UAW on lump-sum offer for hourly retirees 5:12 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 9, 2013  GM is in discussions with the UAW on offering lump-sum pension payouts to hourly retirees in the United States. GM CEO and Chairman Dan Akerson made a comment on the discussions at a briefing with reporters today at the company's headquarters in Detroit.... Read More »
Shutdown of eastern U.S. ports averted as dockworkers reach tentative deal 12:04 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 28, 2012 Dockworkers and their employers reached a tentative agreement on royalty payments, averting a strike that would have shut down eastern U.S. ports, possibly disrupting auto parts shipments, for the first time in 35 years.... 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 »
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 »
Chrysler rewards hourly workers with early bonus 11:39 am U.S. ET | Nov. 30, 2012  Chrysler is paying U.S. hourly workers represented by the UAW the second half of a $3,500 ratification bonus earlier than required by a labor agreement. The company said the early payment, which will be made on Dec. 21, was to acknowledge the "dedication" of the workers as the U.S. automaker's sales have grown.... Read More »
GM production in Canada could be interrupted by CAW strike 2:41 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 29, 2012  Production at GM's Oshawa, Ontario, plant could shut down later today as a strike at Lear cut off supplies of seats used in vehicles assembled there, the Canadian Auto Workers said.... Read More »
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