by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 16, 2020
General Motors shifted its legal strategy in its court fight to prove that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. conspired with key United Auto Workers officers to damage GM’s competitive position. The auto company filed suit in Wayne County Circuit Court, hoping perhaps...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 14, 2020
An outsider is challenging the United Auto Workers entrenched leadership for a spot on the executive board of the scandal-ridden union. David Green, a veteran union official from Lordstown, Ohio, is seeking to become director of UAW Region 2-B, which represents UAW...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 9, 2020
Ford Motor Co. offcials said they welcome the opportunity to set the pattern in negotiations with Unifor on a new contract for auto workers in Canada. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and General Motors of Canada will be expected to sign the pattern agreement negotiated...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 8, 2020
Ford Motor Co.’s production of ventilators may have come to end but the company plans to continue making the personal protection equipment needed by health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, Ford, in partnership with the UAW, has produced more than 72...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 2, 2020
Members of Unifor, the Canadian union representing blue-collar workers at General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, authorized strike at all three companies. The union’s three bargaining committees will decide if a strike is necessary as the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 1, 2020
General Motors and Ford Motor Co. are wrapping up production of ventilators, face masks and other life-saving personal-protection equipment, a response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has become known as the “Arsenal of Health.” Working with its partner, Ventec Life...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 27, 2020
After a lengthy probe, federal authorities charged former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams with conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle UAW funds. More than a dozen top former UAW leaders have been implicated during the multiyear investigation....
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 14, 2020
A federal judge in Detroit tossed out General Motors’ bid to amend its original lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. alleging that FCA had conspired with officials of the United Auto Workers to harm GM. Judge Paul Borman, who also threw out the original...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 10, 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobile N.V. fired back at General Motors Co. in a filing that is part of the contentious lawsuit that has seen GM claim that FCA had conspired with key officials from the United Auto Workers to undermine GM’s competitive position during the past...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 5, 2020
In a blistering statement, former UAW President Ron Gettelfinger denied accusations from lawyers for General Motors he had accepted money deposited in foreign banks in return for promoting the business objectives of former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. CEO Sergio...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 4, 2020
General Motors has filed an amended complaint in its federal lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, saying it has uncovered new evidence in recent days showing that FCA had set up back accounts in multiple countries to handle bribes to insure the silence of key...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 4, 2020
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Jim Hackett will be stepping down on Oct. 1, with the automaker’s 58-year-old chief operating officer Jim Farley named to replace him. Ford has gone through a series of management changes in recent years, the second-largest Detroit...