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• GM Retirees Go To Court To Protect Their Benefits

  BNET - 2009-06-03

  A “national advocacy organization” dedicated to preserving the benefits of General Motors’ 122,000 formerly salaried retirees could potentially throw a monkey wrench into the bankruptcy reorganization of the giant automaker. The General Motors Retirees Association on June 2 filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court in Michigan to have the...

  Tags: UAW, Health Care, General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, Benefits, Litigation, Personal Finance, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Human Resources, Business Operations, Ken Terry

• Some Welcome GM Bankruptcy

  BNET - 2009-06-01

  Despite the announcement of bankruptcy, some General Motors employees have actually embraced the recent Chapter 11 filing. Dean Reynolds reports on the reasons behind their relief.

  Tags: General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, MoneyWatch, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Breaking, News, Evening, GM, General, Motors, Bankrupt, Chapter, 11, Economy, Recession, Auto, Union, Workers, UAW, Money, Employment, Detroit, Car, Chevrolet

• 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.

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, MoneyWatch, Litigation, Manufacturing, Personal Finance, Business Operations, general motors, chrysler, bill plante, loans, bankruptcy, UAW, deadline, breaking news

• Union Warns Congress: Don't Let Automakers Fail

  BNET - 2008-11-19

  Backs to the wall, the Detroit 3 and the UAW stuck together in a Senate hearing, warning that allowing the car companies to go bankrupt would drag down the U.S. economy. by Jim Henry

  Tags: UAW, U.S. Congress, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Federal Government, Business Operations, Government, Jim Henry

• Swearingen joins Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

  - 2007-08-13

  Robert Swearingen has joined Legal Services of Eastern Missouri as a staff attorney in the organization's consumer unit. He was hired under a special grant Legal Services received from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association. As a staff attorney in LSEM's Consumer Unit, Swearingen will handle cases...

  Tags: attorney, Litigation, Missouri, UAW, University of Missouri

• Delphi proposal would almost halve pay, push older workers to retire

  - 2007-06-26

  DETROIT -- Leaders of the United Auto Workers union have a tough job this week: Persuade about 17,000 workers at Delphi plants to sign off on an agreement that will shut plants and reduce wages. Delphi, the big auto parts supplier that filed for bankruptcy court...

  Tags: bankruptcy, General Motors Corp., Litigation, UAW, worker

• Head of UAW is ready to dig in his heels

  - 2007-01-11

  Married life ain't hard when you got a union card, A union man has a happy life when he's got a union wife. "The Union Maid" Woody Guthrie (1940) DETROIT -- Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end....

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., Litigation, UAW

• Google plans to buy more property

  - 2006-06-15

  Google said Wednesday it plans to pay $319 million for property and buildings, including its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., to accommodate a growing workforce. The purchase includes Google's existing headquarters, which the company had been subleasing, and nearby buildings. United to cut 1,000 salaried, manager jobs United...

  Tags: antitrust, Google Inc., Litigation, SECURITY, UAW, United Airlines

• Autoworkers' reality check

  - 2006-06-13

  Las Vegas is known for bright lights and unreasonable expectations. So it's an unlikely venue for the gloomy-yet-realistic message that United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger delivered Monday at his union's convention there. Four years ago, at the last UAW convention, Gettlefinger was elected on a promise he would...

  Tags: Benefits, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., HEALTHCARE, Litigation, SOFTWARE, UAW

• GM expects to avoid strike at Delphi: CEO

  - 2006-06-01

  WARREN, United States AFP — General Motors Corp. expects it will be able to avoid a crippling strike at its largest parts subsidiary despite a disagreement over the company's attempt to throw out its union contracts as it emerges from bankruptcy, GM's chief executive said. Richard Wagoner said major...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., Litigation, Strategy, UAW