Bob KingU.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 »
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 »
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 »
UAW meets with Nissan workers in Tenn. about organizing 10:23 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 27, 2013  Workers from Nissan's auto plant in Smyrna, Tenn., met this week with UAW representatives to discuss another organizing effort at the Japanese automaker's first U.S. factory. The UAW is now active in trying to organize workers at two Nissan plants. The UAW since last spring has been talking with workers at Nissan's other major U.S. assembly plant, in Canton, Miss., outside of Jackson.... Read More »
UAW bonuses approach records on rising Detroit 3 profits 6:19 am U.S. ET | Feb. 13, 2013  Because of record North American profits, the Detroit 3 plan to hand out profit-sharing checks totaling more than $750 million to about 122,000 workers. Besides Ford's $8,300 payout, the most ever by a Detroit automaker, Chrysler is paying hourly workers $2,250. If GM's payout surpasses $7,325 when it reports year-end earnings on Thursday, that would top the cumulative record of $17,875 set in 1999, when Detroit was awash in SUV profits... Read More »
Chrysler's Marchionne jilted again in labor talks 2:49 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 17, 2012  Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler's passionate CEO, has been jilted again in his bid to be picked as the company to set the wage-and-benefit pattern in contract talks with a major labor union.... Read More »
FINAL ASSEMBLY CarMax founder hails Obama auto policy at Dems' shindig 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 10, 2012 A couple of familiar faces showed up as speakers at the Democratic National Convention last week. One might have been expected -- UAW President Bob King, who defended the 2009 auto industry bailouts. The other was a bit of a surprise: Austin Ligon, co-founder of CarMax, the nation's largest used-car retailer.... Read More »
UAW's King, ex-CarMax chief Ligon lead Obama's defense of auto bailout 9:44 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 5, 2012  UAW President Bob King, defending the 2009 auto industry bailouts before a national television audience, said the government-financed bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler weren't “universally popular" but were "absolutely right.” CarMax co-founder Austin Ligon also joined in the effort, touting the government's 2009 cash-for-clunkers program.... Read More »
Marchionne may have a struggle to secure U.S. union's Chrysler stakeAug. 13, 2012 06:01 CET  Sergio Marchionne drives a hard bargain. After all, the Fiat CEO gained control of Chrysler in 2009 for nothing. Now, he may have met his match in his own boardroom. Erickson Perkins, a close adviser to the UAW union's President Bob King, is on Chrysler's board as the representative of the U.S. union's retiree health care trust. He and Marchionne are about to begin a multibillion-dollar struggle over the union's Chrysler stake.... Read More »
Marchionne duels UAW's Chrysler director over $6 billion 12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 13, 2012  Sergio Marchionne drives a hard bargain. After all, the Fiat CEO gained control of Chrysler in 2009 for nothing. Now, he may have met his match in his own boardroom. Erickson Perkins, a close adviser to UAW President Bob King, is on Chrysler's board as the representative of the union's retiree health-care trust. He and Marchionne are about to play a multibillion-dollar game of chicken.... Read More »
Nissan's Miss. plant targeted by UAW, with civil rights in focus 12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 4, 2012  As the UAW embarks on an uphill battle to organize Nissan's plant in Mississippi, it is drawing inspiration from the famous struggle waged in the state during the civil rights movement. The union sees a winning strategy in depicting the right to unionize freely as a basic civil right. The tactic could resonate at the plant in Canton where an estimated 70 percent of the workforce is black.... Read More »
Fiat says it will raise Chrysler stake to 61.8% in push toward full mergerJuly 3, 2012 12:00 CET  Fiat will exercise an option in the coming weeks to buy an additional 3.3 percent share of Chrysler from the United Auto Workers' retiree health-care trust, the company said in a statement. The move will boost Fiat's stake in the U.S. carmaker to 61.8 percent, taking it a step closer to a full merger with Chrysler.... Read More »
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