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UAW Balks at Reopening Workplaces
“The only guideline in a boardroom should be management asking themselves, “Would I send my family — my own son or daughter — into that plant and be 100% certain they are safe?” – UAW President Rory L. Gamble Continue reading
General Motors to Stop North American Production
General Motors executives have finally done the sales and public health math and listened to the UAW and Unifor labor groups and confirmed it will begin a systematic suspension of manufacturing operations in North America due to market conditions and to deep clean facilities and continue to protect people. The suspension will last until at least March 30. Production status will be reevaluated week-to-week after that. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, COVID-19, Kenneth Zino, uaw, unifor
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General Motors Offers UAW $7 Billion in U.S. Investments, an $8000 “Signing Bonus” or is that Bribe?
In its latest statement – with perhaps a hint of desperation – GM said today that “We presented a strong offer that improves wages, benefits and grows U.S. jobs in substantive ways, and it is disappointing that the UAW leadership has chosen to strike at midnight tonight Continue reading
GM Soft Q1 Income of $2.1B as N.A., International Decline
The only core business bright spot is the sales of expensive pickup trucks, which GM claims will really jump-start earnings during the second half of the year, if – big if – markedly increased production from RAM and Ford, rising gas prices and a sluggish economy don’t alter the current celebratory mood. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, gm q1, Ken Zino, uaw
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Unifor Boycott Threatens Damage for Ontario Workers GM Says
“GM is arrogant enough to think it can rob Canada of jobs without repercussions,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias, who resisted the boycott at first. “GM is making a choice to increase manufacturing in Mexico while it abandons communities that have supported it for generations but make no mistake Canadian and American consumers also have a choice,” he concluded. Continue reading
Posted in customer satisfaction, economy, labor issues, milestones, news, news analysis, people
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Canadian Boycott of GM products., connected vehicles, GM Boycott, Ken Zino, nafta, new vehicle reviews, trade wars, uaw, unifor
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Labor Day 2017 – September Fourth
Labor Day, this national holiday is a creation of the labor movement in the late 19th century struggling then as now against extremely wealthy owners and Wall Street, pays homage to the communal and economic achievements of workers in America. It will be the workers of America who rebuild Texas, not the billionaires who will reap the harvest of Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Continue reading
Unions Sue Renault-Nissan Alliance in Three Countries
IndustriALL and its US affiliate the United Auto Workers are suing Renault Nissan for what it claims are serious labor right violations at Nissan North America’s manufacturing facilities in Canton, Mississippi. Continue reading
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Unifor Faces Down FCA – Job and Investment Pattern Upheld
In round two of contract talks with the Detroit Three in Canada, Unifor upheld the pattern at FCA that was established when it took on a belligerent General Motors. Continue reading
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Suicide Vote – UAW Locals Nix FCA Contract
In a move that can only be characterized as slitting their own throats, UAW local members have voted against the proposed four-year labor agreement worked out by the International union and FCA. Continue reading
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FCA to Restart of North American Operations?
Note the irony of an Italian owned company where COVID-19 is raging unabated, assuming a business as usual approach to the global pandemic where the untied sates is now leading in the rate of diagnosis of the virus. Continue reading →