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Ford Motor Co. workers have overwhelmingly rejected contract changes that would have allowed the automaker to cut labor costs, leaving Ford at a disadvantage to its Detroit rivals as it continues its struggle to return to profitability.
Autoworkers in Missouri and Michigan overwhelmingly rejected a new contract with Ford Motor Co., a sign that the automaker and the United Auto Workers union are having trouble convincing some workers to accept changes that would lower Ford's labor costs.
Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union, which have agreed to proposed contract changes that would lower the automaker's labor costs, are running into opposition from some workers who say they've given too much already.
Union leaders from Ford's factories voted Tuesday to recommend that members approve a deal to lower the automaker's labor costs to match those of its Detroit rivals.
The United Auto Workers union has summoned representatives from Ford factories across the nation to Detroit on Tuesday to discuss contract talks with the automaker.
Deere & Co. said members of the United Auto Workers union have ratified a new six-year contract covering about 9,500 workers — or roughly 17 percent of the company's work force — and 17,000 retirees.
Deere & Co. and the United Auto Workers say they've reached a tentative six-year labor contract covering nearly 10,000 workers and 17,000 retirees.
United Auto Workers union president Ron Gettelfinger said Thursday that while the group continues to discuss additional contract modifications with Ford Motor Co. both sides are working to maintain a good relationship.
Two and a half years and more than a million dollars later, the United Auto Workers has little to show for its costly effort to unionize dealers at Atlantic City's casinos.
For months, some Atlantic City casinos sat silently while the United Auto Workers battered them with print, billboard and radio ads claiming the gambling houses are refusing to negotiate contracts with dealers and other workers.
The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday that trustees of its retiree health care fund have named former Michigan governor James J. Blanchard to the board of the new Chrysler-Fiat venture.
The United Auto Workers union urged senators on Monday to reject any attempt to block a "cash for clunkers" proposal designed to generate new auto sales.
The United Auto Workers union has ratified a package of concessions designed to reduce General Motors Corp.'s labor costs, completing a key piece of the automaker's massive restructuring effort.
Members of a United Auto Workers union have rejected a contract aimed at saving a suburban Syracuse plant from closing.
A cost-cutting deal between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. will give a union-run health care trust fund a smaller stake in the automaker than previously expected, but it also could be the catalyst that allows the company to restructure outside of bankruptcy court.
The United Auto Workers struck a deal with General Motors and the federal government Thursday to cut labor costs, close factories and change the way retiree health care is funded.
Allentown, Pennsylvania-based truck maker Mack Trucks Inc. has signed an agreement with the United Auto Workers union to create an independent trust responsible for the health care of retirees, Swedish parent company AB Volvo said Monday.
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the United Auto Workers in a dispute over dues and the religious objections of a Roman Catholic at an Indiana factory.
Six General Motors Corp. executives recently sold more than 200,000 shares of the automaker as GM moves toward issuing new equity to give large stakes to the U.S. government and a United Auto Workers retiree health care trust fund.
General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson says some elements of a labor agreement between the United Auto Workers and Chrysler could benefit GM as it tries to stave off bankruptcy.
The United Auto Workers union has no intention of keeping its 55 percent stake in the new Chrysler and will sell the shares as soon as possible to fund a trust that will take over retiree health care costs next year, the union's president said Monday.
The United Auto Workers union would appear to be the big winner in the Chrysler bankruptcy saga, having exercised its considerable political muscle to win a 55 percent stake in the country's third-largest automaker.
Members of the United Auto Workers have overwhelmingly ratified a settlement deal with Chrysler on Wednesday night.
Opponents of UAW, Ford agreement using misinfomationOpponents of a deal between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. are spreading misinformation as they campaign against the contract, the union's president said Saturday
Once, We Would Have Called It a Scandal There was a time when we would have called it a scandal. In 1921, oil tycoon Harry Sinclair gave several prize head of cattle and around $269,000 to President Harding's Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall.
Report: GM nears cost-cutting deal with UAWUnder the direction of the U.S. Treasury, General Motors is close to a deal with the United Auto Workers that would cut its hourly labor costs by more than $1 billion a year, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The strong arm of no law. by Jack Kelly. May 09, 2009PRESIDENT Obama's "car czar" has no experience in the automobile industry and is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly paying kickbacks to obtain New York state pension business.
Chrysler Coup: Like a Bad Mafia Moviefeel like I have seen this bad gangster movie before.
Banana Republic Capitalism The Chrysler reorganization is shaping up as another milestone in the decline of the rule of law under Barack Obama.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) Drove GM Into Trouble GM is in deep trouble mostly because the United Auto Workers have festooned the company with rigid work rules and extravagant costs.
American capitalism is failing because it is not competitive enough - By Eliot SpitzerAlthough everybody claims to love the market, nobody really likes the rough-and-tumble of competition that produces the essential "creative destruction" of capitalism.
Bush Gives Emergency Loans to AutomakersPresident Bush announced $13.4 billion in emergency loans on Friday to prevent the collapse of General Motors and Chrysler, and said another $4 billion would be available for the hobbled automakers in February.
President announces rescue plan for U.S. autosPresident George W. Bush offered a lifeline to ailing U.S. automakers Friday to keep them operating in one if the worst financial crises since the 1930s.
President announces rescue plan for U.S. autosPresident George W. Bush offered a lifeline to ailing U.S. automakers Friday to keep them operating in one if the worst financial crises since the 1930s.
President to make statement on autosPresident Bush is expected to make a statement at 9 a.m. ET Friday about a bailout for the U.S. automotive industry.
Toby Keith and psychological impact of Detroit's car troublesn the liner notes of his recent album "Big Dog Daddy," country star Toby Keith offers "Special Thanks" to the many people and things who made his work possible and his life better, including "Jesus Christ" and "Ford Trucks."
White House says near autos rescue planThe White House said Thursday that it is near a bailout plan for the embattled U.S. automotive industry.
On November 18, 1936, the United Auto Workers launched a series of strikes across the nation against General Motors. The BBC reported the strike was "heard around the world."
Conservatives Use Auto Rescue To Engage In Union Busting CampaignWatch a compilation of conservatives pointing the finger at unions:
UAW Is At The Center of The Dispute Over Bailout Failure Congressional critics of the bailout for Detroit auto companies laid blame for its defeat Friday on the United Automobile workers union, which refused to agree to grant wage concessions in 2009 as a condition of the deal.
A new Senate star emerges from the auto rowWhatever the outcome of the past three weeks of congressional wrangling over the fate of the Detroit automakers, a new political star has emerged from the fray: Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker.
Key lawmaker calls for head of GM to step downA senator who will help determine whether the auto industry gets a $15 billion bailout said Sunday that the head of General Motors should step down.
Obama announces support for auto bailoutPresident-elect Barack Obama announced support Sunday for a short-term government bailout of the nation's carmakers that is tied to industry restructuring.
Automakers aim to sell Congress on bailoutU.S. automakers returned to Congress Thursday for high-stakes hearings they hope will persuade skeptical lawmakers to save their troubled industry with $34 billion in aid.
U.A.W. to Change Contracts in Bid to Help Detroit - NYTimes.comThe surprising move by the U.A.W. could be a critical factor in the automakers' bid not only to get government assistance, but also to become competitive with the cost structure of nonunion plants operated by foreign automakers in the United States.
Automakers aim to sell Congress on bailoutU.S. automakers are returning to Congress Thursday for high-stakes hearings they hope will persuade skeptical lawmakers to save their troubled industry with $34 billion in emergency aid.
Obama Economic Strategy Best for WorkersMore than 100 daily newspapers have endorsed Obama this year. Among the latest is one of the newspapers that knows Obama best - his hometown Chicago Tribune. It is the first time in the Tribune's 161-year history that the paper has endorsed a Democrat.
US agency OKs slashing of health benefits for over-65 retireesUsing the slow period between Christmas and New Year's as cover, the US federal agency charged with enforcing laws against discrimination issued a controversial new ruling that allows employer and union-run health-care plans to reduce costs by slashing or totally eliminating be …
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