Despite Chrysler UAW members passing 2007 agreement modifications by huge margins yesterday (upwards of 80%), according to this alteration, it looks like there was at least one hard pill the union membership had to swallow.

Unemployed Detroit auto workers now have a new workforce development opportunity in the booming field of ladies hat-making. Customers include Aretha Franklin, Michelle Obama and of course, Queen Elizabeth. [NYT, Photo Credit: Fabrizio Costantini]

Despite a message focused on being the only U.S. automaker operating without federal loans, Ford burned through $5.9 billion in cash during the final three months of 2008 as losses mounted.

Unhappy with the current direction of the not-so-Big Three, UAW workers the proletariat spoke in the form of a protest outside the Detroit Auto Show. We interviewed David Edgar, the voice behind the rally.

While congress made a huge stink about auto execs and their private jets, they didn’t do their research on the UAW’s $6.4 million golf course retreat in Michigan.

The Carpocalypse draws nigh after Senate Republicans lanced last night's bailout. In response, the White House now says "all options are on the table" and Toyota's scared after its stock drops 10%.

Jeff Gilbert with WWJ 950 AM had a chance to talk to UAW President Ron Gettelfinger just minutes ago after a meeting with UAW local heads on reexamination of their contracts (including nixing of the Jobs Bank, as we'd predicted) with the not-so-Big Three. Gilbert asked him what he'd be doing next. His response? He's…