by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 25, 2019
With the help of technology companies, the organizers of the 2020 North American International Auto Show are planning to have automated vehicles ready to carry visitors from Detroit Metropolitan Airport to the show venues in downtown Detroit, a distance of about 20...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 25, 2019
This story has been updated with new information. The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co. moved into its 10thday and took on an international flavor as GM laid off workers in Canada and dismissed workers in Mexico, who spoke up in sympathy with...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 24, 2019
With the strike continuing to take a heavy toll on the company and the union, negotiators for General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers continue to wrestle with key issues including health care and temporary workers. The UAW also moved to clear up confusion about...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 23, 2019
Faraday Future, the long-struggling start-up electric car company, has taken more than its share of hard knocks in the past four and half years but it still expects to have a new car on the road next year capable of opening up new markets around the world. It also has...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 23, 2019
With the UAW’s strike entering the second week, negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Co. remain stuck in neutral with neither side reporting progress; however, the union brought in some political artillery during the weekend hoping to batter...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 22, 2019
Another retired United Auto Workers official has been charged with accepting a $123,000 kickback from a vendor doing business with the multimillion-dollar training fund operated jointly by the United Auto Workers and General Motors. Jeff Pietrzyk, 74, was charged with...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 20, 2019
Despite meeting regularly since the strike began, negotiators from the United Auto Workers and General Motors appear stuck on key issues ranging from health care to pay for temporary workers and investments in new technology. The key roadblock to ending the strike,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 19, 2019
Labor strife isn’t just affecting General Motors Co. in the United States where 49,000 workers of the United Auto Workers have gone on strike, but also in Mexico where employees at the company’s critical assembly plant in Silao have petitioned to have the plant’s...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 18, 2019
The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co. has curtailed delivery of service parts used to repair cars and trucks at GM dealerships across the country, the company acknowledged. GM’s network of parts distribution centers and warehouses wasn’t really...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 17, 2019
General Motors Co. cancelled the health-care plans for thousands of striking workers and while the move was not unexpected, the company didn’t formally notify the United Auto Workers of the move, ratchetting up tensions in already stressful confrontation. “We...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 17, 2019
General Motors Co. demands for new concessions on health care and a meager wage increase have emerged as issues energizing the United Auto Workers strike against the company in what is quickly turning into the longest nationwide walkout by the UAW at GM in almost a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 17, 2019
The price of gasoline is expected to jump during next several days on the heels of a drone attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, according to analysts that follow the oil business. Gasoline price held steady at $2.56 per gallon in the...
