Labor disputeFlex-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 »
Goodyear sued by French employees over plant closure planApril 11, 2013 08:49 CET Goodyear was sued in its U.S. home city by French workers claiming the company violated laws of both countries as it implemented a plan to close a plant in Amiens, France.... Read More »
GM Korea's contingency plan provokes union ahead of talks 9:45 am U.S. ET | April 9, 2013  GM has warned it could shift operations from South Korea in the longer term due to rising tension with the North, angering its Korean union which accuses the firm of using the instability as leverage ahead of tough annual labor talks.... Read More »
Fisker faces suit alleging failure to give advance notice of dismissals 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 6, 2013  Fisker Automotive, hours after dismissing about 75 percent of its employees, was hit with a federal lawsuit accusing the company of breaking the law that requires employers to give workers advance notice of mass layoffs.... Read More »
Marchionne being probed in longtime labor rights dispute, Fiat saysMarch 29, 2013 22:27 CET  Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is being investigated in Italy over allegations of violation of labor rights in a long-running dispute at a factory near Naples, the automaker said.... Read More »
Marchionne being probed in longtime labor rights dispute, Fiat says 4:27 pm U.S. ET | March 29, 2013  Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is being investigated in Italy over allegations of violation of labor rights in a long-running dispute at a factory near Naples, the automaker said.... Read More »
GM strike in Thailand costs American Axle $15 million 3:37 pm U.S. ET | March 28, 2013 A labor strike at GM's plant in Rayong, Thailand, over the last few months is hitting the supply chain.... 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 »
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 »
GM-Opel labor deal faces opposition from Bochum union chiefMarch 1, 2013 14:19 CET  GM may still struggle to push through a labor deal announced yesterday after the works council leader at a German Opel factory slated to end production in 2016 said he doesn't support the plan.... 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 »
UAW accuses Nissan of threatening to close Miss. plant 5:07 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 12, 2013  The UAW, trying a third time to organize Nissan's workers in the United States, accused Japan's second-largest automaker of threatening to shut its Mississippi assembly plant before it allows the union in.... Read More »
French gov't could take a PSA stake, minister saysFeb. 8, 2013 09:51 CET  The French government may buy a stake in PSA/Peugeot-Citroen if it is necessary to save the ailing automaker, a minister said. The comment came after PSA announced second-half writedowns of 4.13 billion euros ($5.53 billion) as Europe's plunging auto sales pushed down the value of its assets.... Read More »
France weighs stake in ailing PSA 3:51 am U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013  The French government may buy a stake in PSA/Peugeot-Citroen if it is necessary to save the ailing automaker, a key minister said. The comment came after PSA announced second-half writedowns of 4.13 billion euros ($5.53 billion) as Europe's plunging auto sales pushed down the value of its assets.... 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 »
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 »
DAVID BARKHOLZ My bet is that dad would have stayed with the UAW 12:37 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 14, 2012  My father was an auto worker. He had a love-hate relationship with his union, the UAW. All this talk about right-to-work in Michigan has me wondering how the late Ken Barkholz would have responded to the new opportunity to leave the union. I trust he would have stayed.... Read More »
Arbitrator reinstates Chrysler workers fired for drinking during breaks 10:36 am U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012  More than a dozen Chrysler Group assembly-plant workers who were fired in 2010 after being filmed by a Detroit television station drinking alcohol and smoking during their breaks have been reinstated in their jobs by an arbitrator. The workers were fired in September 2010 after WJBK, a Fox network station in Detroit, filmed them during breaks from the Jefferson North Assembly plant drinking alcohol and smoking in a nearby parking lot over several days.... 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 »
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 »
GM Canada production returns to normal as Lear strike ends 11:28 am U.S. ET | Oct. 30, 2012  General Motors said production at its Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant returned to normal today after a two-day strike at a Lear parts plant in Ontario ended and Lear's supply of car seats to GM was restored.... 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 »
Hyundai profit beats estimates on China, i10 minicar in EuropeOct. 25, 2012 08:19 CET  Hyundai reported profit that exceeded analysts' estimates as it benefited from anti-Japan protests in China and the i10 minicar helped the company buck the slump in Europe.... Read More »
GM workers in Canada approve new 4-year contract 7:23 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 27, 2012  Unionized workers at General Motors' Canadian operations voted in favor of a four-year labor agreement with the company, the Canadian Auto Workers union said. The union said 73 percent of the GM workers who voted backed the deal.... Read More »
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