by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 24, 2020
Ford’s new CEO Jim Farley has plenty of challenges facing him in the coming year, and many of them can be traced back to the automaker’s ongoing quality and reliability issues that are hurting both its reputation and its bottom line. The depth of the problem was...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 17, 2020
Former United Auto Workers Vice President Joe Ashton, who also held a seat on the General Motors Board of Directors, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his part in a scheme that stole $4 million earmarked for training and education of union members employed by...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 17, 2020
General Motors Co. Chairman Mary Barra and United Auto Workers President Rory Gamble were among a small group of executives and labor leaders who met with President-elect Joe Biden, discussing the need for equity and worker safety as the U.S. economy begins to rebuild...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 12, 2020
Daimler AG, the parent of the Mercedes-Benz brand, expects to become a smaller company during the next five years as it makes the shift from gas and diesel to electric propulsion, Chief Executive Ola Källenius said. Battery-electric vehicles require fewer parts and...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 9, 2020
Members of Unifor, the union representing Canadian auto workers, ratified a new three-year labor agreement with General Motors that will bring truck production back to the GM manufacturing complex in Oshawa, Ontario, just outside Toronto. Unifor said in a statement...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 9, 2020
While women and African American voters pushed Joe Biden into the White House, the Democratic Party’s traditional allies in organized labor, such as the United Auto Workers, were also critical in reversing losses Democrats suffered across the rust belt in 2016. In...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 5, 2020
(This story has been updated with additional information from GM CEO Mary Barra.) General Motors will begin building heavy-duty pickup trucks at the shuttered assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, under the terms of the tentative agreement with Unifor, the union...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 5, 2020
Unifor, the union representing General Motors Co. employees in Canada, agreed to a contract extension rather than go on strike, helping the two sides forge a new tentative agreement in the wee hours of Thursday morning. The union’s agreement to set aside its...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 4, 2020
Ford’s Lincoln brand has earned an interesting – and potentially dubious – distinction, the only major luxury brand to abandon the passenger car segment entirely. The last Lincoln Continental sedan rolled off the line Oct. 30 at Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 2, 2020
General Motors’ labor contract with Unifor expires Nov. 4 and as the deadline approaches an old issue hovers over the talks. Neither GM nor Unifor are commenting on the state of negotiations. But Unifor President Jerry Dias has said in comments leading up to the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 26, 2020
The $38 billion merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA appears to be ready to clear its final hurdle: approval from European Union anti-trust regulators. Quoting “people close to the matter,” Reuters news service is reporting the deal that will create the...
by Michael Strong | Oct 20, 2020
General Motors is investing more than $2 billion in six plants in Tennessee and Michigan to charge ahead with production of its first-ever all-electric Cadillac, the new Lyriq. The company revealed that the bulk of the investment – about $2 billion – will help revamp...
