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• Ford, UAW near agreement on contract

  BNET - 2009-10-09

  DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is nearing a deal with the United Auto Workers to bring its labor contract in line with concessions granted to GM and Chrysler, according to a person briefed on the talks. After six weeks of formal negotiations, local union officials have been summoned to Detroit...

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• Automakers Face Deadline

  BNET - 2009-04-15

  General Motors and Chrysler have to show how they'll repay the U.S. Gov't., or possibly face bankruptcy, reports Bill Plante.

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• Ford-UAW Deal Helps Ford Distance Itself from GM, Chrysler

  BNET - 2009-03-10

  Ford won concessions from the UAW that will help Ford hang on without additional government help -- unlike Chrysler and GM. But demand is so low, can Ford remain aloof from a bailout? by Jim Henry

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• Detroit 3 to UAW: The Bosses Feel Your Pain. Honest.

  BNET - 2008-07-23

  Chrysler was widely reported today to be cutting 1,000 white-collar jobs, on top of previously announced production cuts, layoffs and job cuts. The way it often works in Detroit is that when blue-collar jobs are cut, white-collar job cuts aren't far behind. The car companies are sensitive to any suggestion...

  Tags: Job, Compensation, UAW, Chrysler LLC, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jim Henry

• Strikes hits key supplier for GM, Chrysler

  - 2008-02-25

  DETROIT, Michigan AFP — The United Auto Workers launched a strike Tuesday against Detroit-based American Axle and Manufacturing Holding Inc AAM, a key supplier to both General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. The strike began shortly after midnight after the company and union negotiators reached an impasse over wage...

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• VEBAs gain momentum among big firms

  - 2008-01-01

  With the Big Three automakers backing retiree health care trusts, large employers across the country are studying and considering the idea as a way to permanently discharge retiree health care liabilities. Experts predict these trusts will be increasingly appealing to certain kinds of companies. In the...

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• Fitch: Revenue Challenges to Overshadow U.S. Auto Cost Improvements in 2008

  - 2007-12-04

  CHICAGO -- Slowing U.S. economic growth will place pressure on U.S. auto sales in 2008, with revenue declines offsetting much of the benefits from recent fixed-cost improvements achieved at GM, Ford and Chrysler. Fitch Ratings expects that U.S. light vehicle sales will fall approximately 3% in 2008 to 15.6 million...

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• Fitch: Chrysler LLC Ratings Unaffected by UAW Agreement; IDR at 'B+', Outlook Stable

  - 2007-11-07

  CHICAGO -- Chrysler LLC's Chrysler (Issuer Default Rating IDR 'B+'; Outlook Stable by Fitch) ratings are unaffected by the recent ratification of a new labor agreement with the United Auto Workers UAW. The rating of 'BB+/RR1' on the $7.5 billion first-lien senior secured term loan, as well as the $2...

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• UAW pushes local support for tentative Ford contract

  - 2007-11-05

  DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers union will spend this week selling its new contract with Ford Motor to local union leaders and members, hoping to avoid the uprising of discontent it encountered recently when trying to persuade Chrysler members to vote for a new contract. ...

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• Ford agrees to halt plant closures in union contract

  - 2007-11-05

  DETROIT, United States AFP — Struggling Ford Motor Co. has agreed to halt planned closures of six US plants in exchange for major concessions from its main union, the United Auto Workers said Monday. In a document outlining a deal reached over the weekend, the union said the agreement...

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