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• 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

• Autoworkers maintain they're willing to strike

  - 2007-09-21

  DETROIT -- As contract negotiations grind on between the United Auto Workers union and General Motors a week after the last pact expired, antsy local union leaders say they need only word from headquarters to take their workers on strike. But whether the union actually would...

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

• Consolidations in Ford's future

  - 2007-04-05

  NEW YORK -- Ford Chief Executive Alan Mulally said Wednesday the company's sweeping turnaround plan remained on track, but the automaker needed to pursue consolidations within its dealership network to improve its fortunes. Mulally, speaking to reporters at the New York International Auto Show, also suggested "our wages...

  Tags: Benefits, Branding, consolidation, Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Strategy, UAW

• UAW chief easily wins a 2nd term

  - 2006-06-15

  LAS VEGAS -- With four of the most challenging years in the United Auto Workers union's history in front of him, Ron Gettelfinger was elected Wednesday to a second term as UAW president. Gettelfinger, 61, faced no opposition and was re-elected by the 1,400 delegates to the union's...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, MARKETING, supplier, UAW

• More bankruptcies expected among US auto suppliers: analysts

  - 2006-03-26

  DETROIT, United States AFP — More bankruptcies are expected among US auto suppliers which are being squeezed by demands for lower prices for fewer parts as General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Company implement massive restructuring plans, analysts said. The shakeups among suppliers have placed manufacturers at an increased...

  Tags: analyst, bankruptcy, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Litigation, MARKETING, supplier, UAW

• NORED annual meeting features marketing guru

  - 2005-04-01

  The annual meeting for the Northwest Ohio Regional Economic Development Association NORED was held in mid-March at the Pinnacle in Maumee. A crowd of close to 300 supporters was on hand as a presentation of special awards was made to Bruce Baumhower (president of UAW Local 12), the UAW Local...

  Tags: marketing, UAW

• GM and United Auto Workers reach tentative agreement Thursday

  - 2003-09-18

  DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers said Thursday it reached a tentative contract agreement with General Motors, the last of the Big Three automakers to settle. A tentative deal also was reached with automotive supplier Delphi Corp. The deals were announced more than three days after labor pacts...

  Tags: agreement, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, MARKETING, UAW

• Continuous givebacks to OEMs worry retiring exec

  - 2003-06-16

  Byline: Sherri Begin As he enters retirement, Rod Millhof should be thinking about where he and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. spokesman Arnold Palmer will play their first round of golf. Instead, the former executive vice president of Cooper's automotive group is worrying about the...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, MARKETING, supplier, UAW

• Visteon's path clears for exit from seating.(Special Report)(3 potential buyers for seat contracts)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-01-27

  Byline: Amy Wilson Major pieces of an agreement to get Visteon Corp. out of the seating business are coming together. Three potential buyers - Johnson Controls Inc., Lear Corp. and Faurecia - have explored buying the contracts for Ford Motor Co. seats...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., MARKETING, UAW, Visteon Corp.