Chrysler pact OK’d despite resistance
United Auto Workers leaders confirmed ratification Wednesday of the union’s pact with Chrysler, despite opposition from a majority of skilled trade workers.
Chrysler pact with UAW alters plant shifts
The tentative agreement reached between the United Auto Workers and Chrysler Group LLC promises at least some relief for workers at two local factories that have been struggling to change a controversial rotating shift schedule that assigns them to days one week, nights the next.
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President Obama, South Korean President to visit GM to promote free trade pact
President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak both paid a visit to General Motors’ Orion Township assembly plant last Friday in order to promote a free trade agreement. The plan is said to potentially stimulate exports of US made products to South Korea, Colombia and Panama.
The plan calls for cutting South Korea’s taxes and tariffs on imported vehicles, which could stimulate sales of the American automobile industry to other countries, specifically South Korea.
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Ford, UAW pact runs into worker resistance
Ford Motor Co. executives are reaching out to local union leaders for help in winning ratification of the tentative contract between the automaker and the United Auto Workers, sources say.
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Michigan plants reject Ford pact
Michigan plants were the first to turn down Ford Motor Co.’s tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers, vote results showed Tuesday.
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Obama, South Korean leader to visit GM plant, tout trade pact Friday
President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will visit General Motors Co.’s Orion Assembly Plant on Friday to tout the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement.
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Ford to add, retain 12,000 jobs, invest $16B under UAW pact
Ford Motor Co. said today it will add or retain 12,000 U.S. jobs as part of $16 billion in planned investments under its new labor agreement with the UAW.
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Flat Rock could benefit from new Ford pact
Ford Motor Co.’s AutoAlliance International plant in Flat Rock could add production of Ford and Lincoln midsize cars as part of job creation plans in a proposed four-year labor contract being hammered out with the United Auto Workers.
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UAW, Ford close in on pact
Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers will continue negotiating today toward a contract that Ford hopes will help it regain investment-grade status and resume dividends to its stockholders.
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Dundee Chrysler workers to vote on joining national labor pact
Workers at Chrysler Group LLC’s Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance plant in Dundee will vote this week on whether their factory should be covered by the United Auto Workers new national agreement with the Auburn Hills automaker.