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UAW, Axle head back to bargaining table Full negotiating teams for American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. and the United Auto Workers union are scheduled to meet Wednesday for the first formal talks in weeks. The return to the bargaining table comes on the heels of a meeting Monday between UAW President Ron Gettelfinger and American Axle CEO Richard Dauch. American Axle spokeswoman Renee Rogers characterized the session as "productive," without providing details. Top officials from both sides will meet today, with the full teams at the... Article added: 2008-04-08 05:06:59 Article Views Rating: 85
UAW: American Axle proposal includes closing three plants DETROIT -- Negotiations to end the nearly 11 week-long American Axle strike have broken down, as the company is now proposing to close a third plant, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettlefinger said Saturday. Gettlefinger, in an interview with WWJ radio, called the proposal to close a Cheektowaga, N.Y., plant an "insult" and said it came out of left field. "If the company continues down this road, it's going to make the talks increasingly more difficult," he said. "I don't know how they can call... Article added: 2008-05-12 10:09:43 Article Views Rating: 74
UAW: Auto plans need more time | detnews.com | The Detroit News WASHINGTON -- United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Monday that a Feb. 17 deadline for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC to complete restructuring plans may be "unattainable." Last month, the U.S. Treasury Department agreed to loan the two cash-strapped automakers up to $17.4 billion to keep them afloat, but the money is contingent on the companies' filing detailed restructuring plans that include sacrifices from key stakeholders, including the UAW and bondholders, among others... Article added: 2009-01-20 11:04:50 Article Views Rating: 155
UAW: Five GM plants face strike The United Auto Workers union is threatening to strike five General Motors Corp. factories, including ones in Flint, Warren and Lansing, if deals aren't reached soon on local contracts for each of the plants. The ultimatum comes as GM's production is hobbled by a six-week UAW strike at auto parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., which has forced GM to shut down or cut shifts at 30 factories in the United States and Canada. In letters GM received this week, UAW officials cited a desire... Article added: 2008-04-05 08:51:23 Article Views Rating: 258
Ugur Sahin Design unveils USD GT-S Passionata concept Click above for high-res gallery of the USD GT-S PassionataYou may not remember the name Ugur Sahin, but if you've been reading Autoblog for a while you probably remember his designs. The Turkish designer has dreamed up the Corvette Z03 Concept, and before that brought the world his interpretation of what a modern Ferrari Dino might look like he was a little off. It turns out that Sahin has been continually evolving his Dino design, however, and today we get our first look at the result of his extra... Article added: 2008-05-29 04:23:10 Article Views Rating: 113
UK car parts maker Wagon collapses | The Detroit News | detnews.com LONDON -- British car parts maker Wagon PLC said it planned to file for a form of bankruptcy protection on Monday after a global slump in demand for cars crippled its business. Wagon, which employs 6,300 people around the world making parts for Honda, Ford, General Motors, Land Rover and Nissan, hopes to keep some of its overseas operations running, but its collapse in Britain sends a warning about the state of the international auto industry. Adding to the gloom, car maker Vauxhall, a subsidiary of... Article added: 2008-12-09 06:02:12 Article Views Rating: 136
UK Department for Transportation to set standards for satnav systems The UK's Department for Transportation DfT is trying to put an end to situations like the one you see above. A woman headed to a christening party, paying attention to her satnav -- and little else, apparently -- drove down a road marked "Unsuitable for motor vehicles," and then drove into a swollen river because that's what her navi told her to do. The DfT wants satnav makers to improve their directions, and also wants them to start providing alternate routes depending on the particular car. In... Article added: 2008-04-01 05:38:29 Article Views Rating: 130
Ukrainian limousine leaves nothing to the imagination We've seen some dogface cars around here. As a baseline, most of us consider the stock Pontiac Aztek simply indigestible. With that in mind, when this "customized" Pontiac Aztek showed up on eBay last year, a few of us fell over the porcelain fighting to hold down lunch. Just as our stomachs have finally settled, we came across several pictures of a limousine in the Ukraine. The manufacturer of this calamity obviously didn't know when to stop in fact, they apparently didn't know where to start either as... Article added: 2008-04-09 05:44:34 Article Views Rating: 92
Ultra-Low-Sulfur Gas (USLG) What? Click to be educated. Puh-leeze. This is an excerpt from Road & Track's May 2008 issue, Tech Tidbits, from resident Engineering Editor, Dennis Simanaitis:"I was surprised when BMW engineers told me that their most advanced direct injected gasoline cars couldn't be brought to the U.S. 'Too much sulfur in your fuel,' they said. I thought this had only been a diesel problem, and one solved by ULSD, ultra-low-sulfur-diesel. But I dug around a little, spoke with specialists at Shell and learned more... -SULFUR HERE AND OVER THERE-The U.S... Article added: 2008-05-03 09:05:39 Article Views Rating: 95
Union slams Axle plans DETROIT -- American Axle's demands for deep wage cuts and plans to close all but two of its striking plants are too drastic for the United Auto Workers to accept, according to one union negotiator. Dana Edwards, a negotiator and shop chairman for Local 235, which represents striking American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. workers in Detroit, said the UAW is willing to give back on wages -- $5 to $8 per hour, depending on job and plant -- but the Detroit-based supplier wants larger rollbacks and is... Article added: 2008-05-12 10:09:43 Article Views Rating: 112 |
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