by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 8, 2019
Ratification of the United Auto Workers tentative agreement with the Ford Motor Co. appears to have hit a speed bump as workers at the company’s big Chicago assembly plant voted to reject it by a decisive margin. The unofficial tally from the vote by both production...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 7, 2019
The United Auto Workers’ new acting president says he is open to requests from the union’s membership to put UAW leaders on trial for misconduct. Rory Gamble, the UAW acting president, said during an interview with thedetroitbureau.com he is committed to doing what...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 6, 2019
Federal prosecutors have charged Joe Ashton, a former United Auto Workers vice president who served as director of General Motors Co., with money laundering and wire fraud in the wide-ranging probe into corruption among leaders of the UAW. Ashton, who served as head...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 6, 2019
The threat of depreciation has always been one of the great killers of the buzz around new vehicles for practical minded buyers and the improving quality, reliability and durability really has not changed the equation much. Vehicle depreciation also is critical in the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 5, 2019
As of this week, the Daimler Group is operating with new corporate structure that separates the car and van and the truck and bus businesses into two new subsidiaries. “Two years ago, we launched Project Future to initiate a forward-looking structural...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 4, 2019
Even as top executives at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. work at putting together the merger with Groupe PSA, the company’s negotiations with the United Auto Workers on a new labor contract are waiting on the outcome of the ratification vote among UAW members at Ford....
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 2, 2019
United Auto Workers President Gary Jones is taking a leave of absence following new revelations in the scandal that has rocked the union, long one of most influential in the U.S., during the past two years. Jones’ temporary departure was approved by a vote of the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 1, 2019
Members of the United Auto Workers will now vote on the tentative agreement the union negotiated with the Ford Motor Co. that follows the pattern set by General Motors and allows Ford to close one of its engine plants. “It’s their contract and it’s...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 1, 2019
With interest rates remaining lower, Honda, Mazda and Hyundai increased sales in October, while Toyota and Volkswagen’s slipped, according to new monthly sales totals for last month. The industry is expected to post a small increase for October. Automakers will not...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 1, 2019
A key aide to United Auto Workers President Gary Jones is now facing criminal charges involving the diversion of $1.5 million dollars in union funds for personal use and other potential violations. According to a filing in U.S. District Court, investigators detailed...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 1, 2019
Ford Motor Co. apparently won the right to close an engine plant as part of its new tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers, which also will include a somewhat smaller ratification “bonus” than the one the union signed at General Motors, $9,000 vs $11,000....
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 31, 2019
The United Auto Workers said it had wrapped up a tentative labor agreement, covering 55,000 union members employed by the Ford Motor Co. Neither side revealed details of the new agreement, though a report by trade publication Automotive News indicated it contained as...
