Highly Rated Auto Plants Set to Close
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Some of the most productive automobile factories are closing or losing large numbers of jobs in the motor industry’s upheaval.
author By NICK BUNKLEY, source www.nytimes.com
Economic Scene: Big Vehicles Stagger Under the Weight of $4 Gas
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008The growing costs of auto ownership are leading Americans to change their driving habits quickly.
author By DAVID LEONHARDT, source www.nytimes.com
G.M. Shifts Focus to Small Cars in Sign of Sport Utility Demise
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008With no end in sight for elevated gas prices, G.M. announced drastic cuts in production of sport utility vehicles and pickups and stepped up plans for smaller cars.
author By BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
G.M. Closing 4 Plants in Shift From Trucks Toward Cars
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Shifting its focus to smaller cars as consumers abandon trucks in response to high fuel prices, G.M. is closing four truck plants and weighing a sale of Hummer.
author By BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
The Huge Hybrid: Few Takers for a New S.U.V. Twist
Saturday, May 31st, 2008Hybrid models of Detroit’s 5,500-pound S.U.V.’s get better mileage, but consumers have been slow to embrace them.
author By BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
19,000 Workers Accept Buyout at G.M.
Friday, May 30th, 2008The buyouts add up to a quarter of a unionized work force at General Motors that already has been dramatically pared down.
author By NICK BUNKLEY, source www.nytimes.com
G.M. Reaches Pact in Kansas
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008General Motors reached a tentative labor agreement Tuesday evening at a critical assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com
Tentative Agreement May End Strike That Disrupted Production at 32 G.M. Plants
Monday, May 19th, 2008It was the auto industry’s longest strike in more than 40 years.
author By NICK BUNKLEY, source www.nytimes.com
Deal for Auto Workers
Friday, May 16th, 2008The Canadian Auto Workers union reached tentative agreements with General Motors of Canada and Chrysler Canada, four months before current contracts expire.
author By THE NEW YORK TIMES, source www.nytimes.com
G.M. Posts $3.3 Billion Loss
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008The results are likely to raise questions about the viability of G.M.’s turnaround, particularly after its cross-town rival, Ford, reported a profit last week.
author By NICK BUNKLEY, source www.nytimes.com
Latest Hitch for Delphi, New Worry for G.M.
Saturday, April 5th, 2008A private equity group backed out of a deal to invest $2.55 billion in the auto-parts maker, dealing a blow to General Motors which relies heavily on Delphi parts.
author By BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
Auto Sales Are Down Again, but G.M. and Toyota Are Optimistic
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Sales for each of the nation’s four largest automakers fell last month, prompting some executives to forecast a gloomy spring, a period that typically posts strong sales.
author By NICK BUNKLEY, source www.nytimes.com
Parts Maker Talks of Strikebreakers and Labor Abroad
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008American Axle and Manufacturing is feeling the pressure from its largest customer, General Motors, to end the month-long strike.
author By NICK BUNKLEY, source www.nytimes.com
G.M. Closes Car Plant; Parts Maker Tries to Push U.A.W.
Monday, March 31st, 2008Auto parts maker American Axle is trying to force an end to the industry’s longest strike in a decade after increasing pressure from its largest customer, General Motors.
author By NICK BUNKLEY, source www.nytimes.com
Drop in U.A.W. Roles Reflect Automakers’ Problems
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Membership in the United Auto Workers union fell below 500,000 for the first time since World War II, reflecting the restructuring undertaken by Detroit’s automakers.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com
Turning to a Turnaround Pro
Friday, March 28th, 2008Frederick A. Henderson is charged with accelerating General Motors’s growth around the world while steering its comeback effort at home.
author By BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
Turning to a Turnaround Veteran
Friday, March 28th, 2008Frederick A. Henderson is charged with accelerating General Motors’s growth around the world while steering its comeback effort at home.
author By BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
G.M. Won’t Intervene in Strike at American Axle
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008The strike has slowed or stopped production at 29 G.M. plants, but the automaker has no plans to intervene in the dispute.
author By NICK BUNKLEY and BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
American Axle Strike Idles More G.M. Plants
Saturday, March 8th, 2008G.M. will stop production at nine more plants next week because of a strike at a parts supplier, American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings.
author By BLOOMBERG NEWS, source www.nytimes.com
G.M. Idles More Plants
Saturday, March 8th, 2008G.M. will stop production at nine more plants next week because of a strike at a parts supplier, American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings.
author By BLOOMBERG NEWS, source www.nytimes.com