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Today is Labor Day and as a salute to the men, women and robots that make our cars for us — both here and abroad — we're taking a look at some of our favorite stories about how our cars are made. More »
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Those of you hoarding Crown Vics may want to add the beloved-but-elderly Ford Ranger to your stash. According to the UAW, Ranger production ceases this December. We can't wait for the replacement! Oh... wait, that's right. What replacement? More »
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In a stroke of public relations ingenuity, General Motors and the UAW on Tuesday threw a handful of Detroit-area journalists onto the mock assembly line used for training hourly workers. The result? A renewed appreciation for manual labor. More »
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On Wednesday night, Chicago police arrested three men after they were caught vandalizing seven Toyotas at the Chicago Auto Show. While it sounds like dumb kids gone wild, the alleged vandals claimed they were angry about American jobs shipped overseas. More »
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A Michigan State Police unit arrested two employees at Chrysler's Jefferson North plant in Detroit on charges of using drugs during their lunch break; Chrysler fired 13 workers at the same plant last year after they were videotaped drinking. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5753895&view=rss&microfeed=true The UAW's unionizing drive among transplant automakers builds on success organizing Harper's magazine. [NY Mag] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5736953&view=rss&microfeed=true Chrysler fired 13 workers in the wake of last week's drinking-and-pot-smoking expose. Mission accomplished? [Chrysler] More »
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Workers from a Detroit Chrysler plant visited by President Obama two months ago were busted today for drinking and smoking pot on their lunch break. Although they're now suspended, a former employee tells us it won't change a thing. More »
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Derick and Justin Jewell are brothers. They both work in GM plants doing similar jobs. The main difference between them? Justin makes $16 an hour. Derick makes $28 an hour. Welcome to the world of "two-tiers." [ChangingGears] More »
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Happy days came back Friday to Spring Hill, Tenn., when General Motors announced it would rehire 483 laid-off workers to build four-cylinder engines. On hand to cheer the news: Three Republican lawmakers who opposed the bailout that saved GM. More »
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Detroit last weekend pushing green jobs for the U.S. economy. On Monday, the Cadillac Escalade carrying him around the city was stolen and stripped. Does building replacement $1000 rims count as "green jobs?" More »
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Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama's chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner's new book. This could get messy. Especially because there's more. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5628547&view=rss&microfeed=true Last week, the UAW's new president reiterated its ban on foreign cars parking on union property. This week? A gallery of parking ban signs! More »
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Earlier this year, the United Auto Workers decided to sell its money-losing 1,000-acre resort and golf course. Now, while GM files for its IPO, new UAW leadership is pulling the resort off the market. Here's a look inside. More »
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UAW President Bob King wrote a two-page letter to a reporter explaining why he wasn't allowed to park his Toyota Camry at a UAW hall lot (or any union property): Toyota hates the First Amendment. [KCBJ, Detroit News] More »
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To properly honor the American worker, we'll be working half-speed the rest of today. Murilee's calloused and capable hands will bring you a full weekend of content, plus expect a feature or two on Monday. Be safe now! More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5352808&view=rss&microfeed=true UAW and GM reach an agreement, making the score: GM 1, Looming Bankruptcy 349. [WXYZ] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5264677&view=rss&microfeed=true The UAW doesn't want Chrysler either. [Reuters] More »
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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. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5234080&view=rss&microfeed=true UAW ratifies settlement, still not enough to ward off Chrysler bankruptcy filing. [Freep] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5234019&view=rss&microfeed=true Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne may abandon Chrysler partnership plans if UAW won't take cuts. [AutoNews] More »
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5185359&view=rss&microfeed=true UAW President Ron Gettelfinger to retire in 2010. [Freep] More »
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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] More »
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5168597&view=rss&microfeed=true UAW ratifies new Ford labor contract. [Freep] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5167511&view=rss&microfeed=true Will UAW-Ford contract put union in control of Ford? [TheDetroitBureau] More »
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Virgil "Virg" Bernero is the mayor of Lansing, Michigan and he's a little hot under the collar from the bad wrap that the UAW workers are receiving and lays it all out for Fox News. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5156800&view=rss&microfeed=true REPORT: GM undercuts Chrysler, offers $20,000 UAW buyouts. [CNBC] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5144777&view=rss&microfeed=true REPORT: Chrysler allowing new round of $50,000 UAW buyouts. [AutoNews] More »
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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. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5141772&view=rss&microfeed=true Ding, dong the Jobs Bank is dead! Sorta. [Freep] More »
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Senator Corker, main man against the automaker bailout plan, and his security detail, are not amused as we nearly careen into them with our Mobile Command Center at the Detroit Auto Show. More »
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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. More »
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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. More »
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At a press conference today, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger read an e-mail indicating Senate GOP members played political games, voting against the auto bailout bill as an attack against organized labor. More »
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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%. More »
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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 heading to the airport tomorrow morning. That's right, while the CEOs of each of the U.S. automakers are driving to tomorrow's Congressional hearing, Ron'll be flying the friendly skies to Washington, DC. Apparently either the UAW hates the American taxpayer or Ron's just not so much into symbolic gestures given he doesn't have a corporate jet. More »
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We just received a hot-off-the-wires report from the WSJ that the UAW is currently in talks with some of the not-so-Big Three to kill the "Jobs Bank" program. The program, a bane of contention by everyone but the UAW and it's membership since the inception of unionized labor at automakers, basically pays workers when they're not working. Good for the membership? Sure. Good for the automakers? Not so much. Good for everyone's image? Not in the least. More »
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So we're sitting here in the press room of the LA Auto Show thinking about Carpocalypse Now, the fight for loans from Congress and thinking to ourselves — you know the UAW and Congress? They're really not so different from each other. It's almost like looking in a mirror. A freaky state fair carnival mirror, but a mirror nonetheless. Here's our list of the top eleven similarities between these two seemingly disparate groups. More »
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