UAW

Recent Events

News & Analysis

layoff and uaw - All News and Analysis

• UAW Changes Strategy as It Aims to Save Jobs After Ford Layoffs

  - 2006-10-09

  CLEVELAND - Shuttered plants. Thousands of good-paying jobs lost. Retiree benefits at risk. Global competition. An uncertain future.CLEVELAND - Shuttered plants. Thousands of good-paying jobs lost. Retiree benefits at risk. Global competition. An uncertain future.

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., Global Competition, job, layoff, strategy, UAW

• GM plant closings, layoffs are just the start.(General Motors )(Brief Article)

  - 2005-11-23

  The big carmaker must still wrest concessions from the United Auto Workers UAW union before current UAW contracts expire at the end of 2007. Those contracts force General Motors to pay nearly full salaries to workers it lays off. Faced with the p The...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., layoff, UAW

• Rough manhood: the aggressive and confrontational shop culture of U.S. auto workers during World War II

  - 2002-09-22

  Ever since the publication of David Montgomery's classic essay on "Workers' Control," the notions of "manly bearing" and "manliness" have captured the attention of American labor historians. In this seminal essay, Montgomery described how skilled production workers asserted a "'manly' bearing toward the boss" and "'manliness' toward one's fellow workers."...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., G., General Motors Corp., layoff, supervisor, UAW, worker

• Progress Will Result in 315 Layoffs at Indianapolis Engine-Manufacturing Plant.

  - 2002-08-27

  By Bill W. Hornaday, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--International Truck and Engine told employees Monday that 315 union workers will be laid off next month as the Eastside factory prepares to produce new engines for Ford that require...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., layoff, UAW

• Shutdowns, Layoffs Continue to Plague Toledo, Ohio-Area Automobile Factories.

  - 2002-03-26

  By Julie M. McKinnon, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 26--Shutdown weeks and layoffs continue to plague some of northwest Ohio's six automaker-owned factories and their 15,000 employees, but workers remain hopeful that increased sales and new products will help...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., layoff, UAW, worker

• United Auto Workers Union Protests Chrysler Layoffs in Detroit.

  - 2001-03-22

  By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, layoff, UAW

• GM suppliers tap brakes as UAW strike drives on: local parts makers see layoffs, but also some gains, down the road. (Chicago, Illinois, automobile parts manufacturers affected by United Auto Workers' strikes against General Motors Corp)

  - 1998-06-29

  A two-week summer vacation starts today for more than 900 workers at Borg-Warner Automotive Inc.'s sprawling transmission components plant in west suburban Bellwood. For some, the annual summer break will be extended into temporary layoffs next month, if - as appears likely - the United Auto...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., layoff, MARKETING, strike, supplier, UAW, worker

• UAW Strikes Lead to More Layoffs.(Originated from Detroit Free Press)

  - 1997-04-26

  Apr. 26--The tally of layoffs from UAW strikes at auto plants in Detroit, Pontiac and Oklahoma City continued to rise Friday with no breakthroughs reported in negotiations to end any of the walkouts. Apr. 26--The tally of layoffs from UAW strikes at...

  Tags: layoff, UAW

• GM layoffs spread from Canadian UAW strike

  - 1996-10-15

  DETROIT AP -- Layoffs resulting from the strike against General Motors Corp.'s Canadian unit continued to spread south Monday, with 5,911 workers affected at assembly and parts plants in the United States and Mexico.

  Tags: General Motors Corp., layoff, UAW