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UAW Local fights Chrysler

10:16 AM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

UAW Local 412 leaders claim Chrysler LLC broke their new labor agreement when it laid off 119 workers Thursday. The union leaders vowed to fight......

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Chrysler offers buyouts to 13,000 in Detroit area

9:52 AM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Chrysler offered buyout and early retirement packages Monday to about 13,000 Detroit-area hourly UAW members as the automaker works to cut its overall hourly workforce......

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GM looks to slim down, save billions

10:00 AM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

General Motors will offer retirement incentives to 46,000 of its hourly workers next month as part of a plan to cut labor costs, Chairman and......

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UAW Workers at Ford Ratify Contract

11:26 AM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DETROIT -- United Auto Workers members have ratified a historic four-year contract with Ford Motor Co. that sets lower pay for some newly hired workers......

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Local UAW leaders back contract with Ford

11:28 AM Tue, Nov 06, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

DEARBORN, Mich. — Local union presidents and bargaining chairs have unanimously voted to recommend approval of a tentative four-year contract between Ford and the United......

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Union leaders to get details of pact with Ford

9:53 AM Mon, Nov 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

UAW officials from local chapters that represent Ford workers nationwide are to meet in Dearborn today to learn the nitty-gritty details of the new tentative......

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UAW deal may alter Ford plan

9:46 AM Wed, Oct 31, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

With top UAW and Ford bargainers now in the final phase of negotiating a new labor contract, experts said the resulting deal could significantly alter......

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