by Michael Strong | Mar 20, 2020
Perhaps the most-anticipated Chevrolet Corvette ever, the new C8 Stingray, is no longer available — to be ordered. The company stopped taking orders for the 2020 model March 18, due to overwhelming demand combined with a strike-induced delay on getting the Bowling...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 18, 2020
The Detroit Three automakers on Wednesday announced plans to shut down production until at least March 30, a move largely driven by the need to protect workers’ health at their parts and assembly plants. But GM, in a statement, noted that it also needs to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 18, 2020
(This story has been updated to include FCA’s planned production closure and the ordering of Tesla to close its Fremont plant.) The nation’s three largest domestic automakers have announced plans to start an “orderly” shutdown of their North American...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 18, 2020
The United Auto Workers said Detroit’s automakers will cut production in half by using rotating shifts that carmakers hope will give them more time for cleaning to keep the threat of COVID-19 at bay. Rory Gamble, UAW president, said after a meeting with executives...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2020
As auto plants in China closed by COVID-19 struggle to re-open, car plants in the U.S. and Western Europe are beginning to shut in face of the spreading virus, which in less than three months claimed thousands of victims around the world. Volkswagen of America said...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 16, 2020
Facing increasing volume of complaints from workers ordered to stay on their jobs in manufacturing plants, the United Auto Workers, General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced they are forming a COVID-19/Coronavirus Task Force to study...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 10, 2020
Despite dealing with arraignment in federal court on federal criminal charges, the United Auto Workers is facing new challenges. The UAW executive board has hired a Washington, D.C to investigate claims of sexual harassment and discrimination against one of its own,...
by Michael Strong | Mar 6, 2020
Fiat Chrysler is following the advice of the vaunted Beach Boys and “go to Kokomo” and invest $400 million to convert the idle transmission plant to build engines that used to be produced in Italy. The Indiana plant will build the GMET4 engine, a 2.0-liter inline...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 5, 2020
The lengthy investigation into the UAW by federal prosecutors finally reached the top of the organization today with the two charges filed against former union President Gary Jones. Jones was charged with leading the efforts to embezzle more than $1 million from the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 3, 2020
Edward “Nick” Robinson, the former president of the United Auto Workers Midwest CAP and former director of UAW Labor and Employment Training, pleaded guilty to conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle more than $1.5 million in union dues and divert it for...
by Michael Strong | Feb 28, 2020
Despite new vehicle sales being down slightly to begin the year, the number of buyers wanting new sport-utility vehicles only seems to rise ever higher, and General Motors is struggling to keep up with demand. The company said Friday it will add 1,200 new workers to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 28, 2020
The decline in the sales of minivans is prompting Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. to cut 1,500 jobs at a Canadian assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario, across the river from Detroit by the end of June. The move will trim production at the plant from three shifts to two,...
