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Passage of ‘Right-to-Work’ Law in Michigan Points to Weakened Labor Union Power
Passage of 'Right-to-Work' Law in Michigan Points to Weakened Labor Union Power…
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UAW President Bob King on New Contracts: Top Priority Was Creating Jobs
Chrysler's workers on Wednesday became the last of the Big Three to ratify a new four-year labor contract. United Auto Workers officials fought hard to get members to OK the contracts after several major plants voted against the deals. UAW…
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UAW, Big 3 Reach Agreement Amid New Economic Climate
The United Auto Workers has reached a deal for a new contract with Chrysler after working out similar deals with GM and Ford. Jeffrey Brown discusses what these new labor contracts might mean for workers and the Big Three automakers…
Ford Posts Surprise Profit, Expects Profit in 2011
Ford Motor Co., the only U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy this year, posted a surprise $997 million profit in the third quarter and said it expects 2011 to be "solidly profitable." The report sent Ford's shares up 8.3 percent in…
Paul Solman: Thursday’s interview with UAW president Ron Gettelfinger elicited some strong reactions from viewers, of which these email excerpts are but a sample: Viewer 1: I have respected The NewsHour for years.
In shooting a story on the GM bankruptcy that will air tonight, we asked a group of United Auto Worker retirees to put their questions directly to UAW President Ron Gettelfinger. Here are their…
General Motors, a longtime cornerstone of American industrial power, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday morning and embarked on a broad restructuring, paving the way for the struggling automaker to receive another $30 billion in taxpayer aid.
General Motors Corp., which faces a June 1 government deadline to finish a restructuring plan or go into bankruptcy protection, said Thursday it lost $6 billion and its revenue was cut nearly in half in the first quarter.
After General Motors announced plans to cut another 21,000 jobs and Chrysler reached a deal with United Auto Workers that may help the automaker avoid bankruptcy, a New York Times reporter provides an update on Detroit automakers' latest efforts to…
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