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• UAW Allows Ford to Meet Debts with Stock Instead of Cash

  BNET - 2009-03-11

  Ford is ahead of Chrysler and GM in getting the UAW to accept stock instead of cash, to meet Ford's obligations to support UAW healthcare costs. The move reduces debt and saves cash. by Jim Henry

  Tags: UAW, Stock, Ford Motor Co., Investment, Finance, Jim Henry

• GM hit by strike at SUV plant

  - 2008-04-17

  DETROIT, Michigan AFP — Production of General Motors Corp.'s popular crossover sports utility vehicles ground to a stop Thursday after workers at one of the automaker's Michigan factories went on strike. GM is already suffering from the loss of pickup and truck-based sports utility vehicle production because of a...

  Tags: FINANCE, General Motors Corp., MARKETING, strike, SUV, UAW

• 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...

  Tags: Benefits, brand, Branding, Chrysler LLC, Detroit, FINANCE, Fitch, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Lincoln, MARKETING, revenue, U.S., UAW

• UAW sets negotiation deadline on Chrysler contract settlement

  - 2007-10-09

  DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers union is pushing Chrysler to wrap up contract negotiations quickly by setting a deadline of 11 a.m. Wednesday. If a contract settlement isn't reached by that time, the UAW has told Chrysler it will strike. But a strike this week...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, FINANCE, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, negotiation, settlement, strike, UAW

• Strike looms at Chrysler's US plants as contract talks stall

  - 2007-10-09

  DETROIT, United States AFP — Fresh off a two-day strike at General Motors Corp, the United Auto Workers union was getting ready to walk off the job at Chrysler LLC Wednesday as contract talks stalled over wages, health care and other issues, sources said. While neither company nor union...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, agreement, Benefits, Chrysler LLC, FINANCE, General Motors Corp., HEALTHCARE, negotiation, SOFTWARE, UAW

• Cutting corporate taxes is bad news for U.S. businesses

  - 2007-10-02

  If USA TODAY reader Dorothy Coleman truly believes that cutting corporate tax rates and adding a permanent research and development tax credit "would lead to greater economic growth, higher wages for workers, an increase in productivity levels, more business investment and lower inflation," then she truly has been guzzling the...

  Tags: FINANCE, job, NFL, Taxes, UAW, USA Today, worker

• Sandler promotes film Deaths Today in history Birthdays Coppola

  - 2007-09-29

  YANGON, Myanmar - Soldiers and police took control of the streets Friday, firing warning shots and tear gas to scatter the few pro- democracy protesters who ventured out as Myanmar's military junta sealed off Buddhist monasteries and cut public Internet access. On the third day of a harsh...

  Tags: Backups, Benefits, computer, FINANCE, General Motors Corp., HEALTHCARE, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE, Taxes, U.S., UAW

• Investors celebrate GM-UAW agreement

  - 2007-09-27

  Stocks enjoyed decent gains Wednesday after General Motors reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers and investors gained hope in the financial sector's health. GM's news (story, 1B) sparked the market's rally, which ultimately propelled the Dow Jones industrial average up 99.50 points to 13,878.15....

  Tags: agreement, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., FINANCE, financial, General Motors Corp., Investment, investor, stock, UAW

• GM-UAW strike 'landmark deal'

  - 2007-09-27

  Battered Detroit automakers have a chance to compete better against foreign-brand rivals under a four-year contract between General Motors and the United Auto Workers that got a tentative OK Wednesday. The agreement, which ended a 41-hour strike against GM, shifts $51 billion in potential health care...

  Tags: Benefits, Chrysler LLC, FINANCE, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., HEALTHCARE, Manufacturing, SOFTWARE, UAW

• Wall Street trades higher following GM pact with UAW, weak reading

  - 2007-09-26

  NEW YORK -- Stocks rose handily Wednesday after General Motors Corp. struck a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers and as another lackluster economic report stirred hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again. GM shares jumped after the UAW announced a halt to...

  Tags: FINANCE, General Motors Corp., Investment, Oil, stock, UAW