United Auto Workers
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Old values crumble before a great car at right price...new markets, trying to do here and elsewhere what was done to them on their own turf. And, perhaps, it's really why the grand old United Auto Workers union has fallen on hard times. It's difficult to sell "solidarity forever," even in a... In this article: Kia Sorento, Ideology, United Auto Workers, Honda, General Motors, Moscow, United States, Hyundai, and Canadian Auto Workers |
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Reuters | November 14, 2009
Ford says resolves UAW disputes at Missouri plant
...a strike authorization vote, a Ford spokeswoman said on Saturday. A team of senior Ford executives, national UAW leaders and leaders from UAW Local 249 reached agreement late Friday to resolve the concerns raised by local members and the...
In this article: Missouri, Thomson Reuters, All rights reserved, Small business, and NYSE
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AP Online | November 13, 2009
GM offers moves to soon-to-be idled UAW workers
...of Nashville shut down Nov. 25. United Auto Workers Local 1853 President Mike O'Rourke said Thursday that a GM offer for some UAW workers to move was expected, but the 775 production and 65 skilled trades jobs are a "very positive number"...
In this article: General Motors, Spring Hill, Chevrolet Traverse, Nashville, Michigan, and Tennessee
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Reuters | November 04, 2009
Ford meeting informally with UAW on costs
...the agreement would have saved Ford about $30 million annually. No new negotiations are planned between Ford and the UAW, but the UAW plans to try to convince Ford to maintain product commitments the automaker had made as part of the now...
In this article: Mark Fields, Chrysler, General Motors Co, Cash flow, Bankruptcy, Local union, and Fiesta
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Reuters | November 04, 2009
UAW says both EFCA labor law, NLRB important
...to labor's agenda, but they do not diminish pending legislation that would make it easier for unions to organize, the president of the United Auto Workers said on Tuesday. "I'm glad to have a president (Barack Obama) in there that is...
In this article: National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, Barack Obama, and U.S.
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Reuters | November 04, 2009
Fisker, UAW aim to reach labor deal
...for the union to represent workers at an old General Motors Corp plant it is acquiring. "We're doing some negotiations with the UAW that are going to go through in the coming months," Henrik Fisker, the company's founder and chief...
In this article: GM, Delaware, Bankruptcy, Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky, and U.S. Department of Energy
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Reuters | November 03, 2009
UAW hopes for GM IPO sooner rather than later
UAW hopes for GM IPO "sooner rather than later" United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said on Tuesday the union would like to see an initial public offering by General Motors Co <GM.UL> "sooner rather than later" and said the...
In this article: GM, Bankruptcy, Chrysler, and Detroit
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Reuters | November 01, 2009
UPDATE 2-Ford suffers UAW setback, Canadian workers OK cuts
...assembly plants the vote was 84 percent against approving the tentative agreement that Ford and the UAW announced in mid October. The tentative UAW agreement included a "no-strike" provision on wages and benefits for the next negotiations...
In this article: Bankruptcy, Canadian Auto Workers, United States, Chrysler, General Motors Co, and Canada
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Reuters | October 30, 2009
UAW holds out hope to save Chrysler plants
...the U.S. automaker's bankruptcy, a union executive said on Friday. "The jury is still out as it relates to those facilities," said UAW vice president General Holiefield. "We're naturally having conversations all the time, trying to...
In this article: Chrysler, Fiat SpA, Bankruptcy, Sergio Marchionne, Detroit, and U.S.
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Reuters | October 30, 2009
UAW says no new Ford deal if contract fails
...concessions with the UAW than Ford. Ford has said that it needs the further cuts from the UAW to avoid a cost disadvantage over the long term. The UAW proposal was rejected overwhelmingly by workers at assembly plants in Kansas City,...
In this article: Chrysler, GM, Canadian Auto Workers, Bankruptcy, and Detroit
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Description from Wikipedia:
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers (UAW), is a labor union which represents workers in the United States and Puerto Rico. Founded in order to represent workers in the automobile manufacturing industry, UAW members in the 21st century work in industries as diverse as health care, casino gaming and higher education. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, the union has approximately 800 local unions, which negotiated 3,100 contracts with some 2,000 employers.
- Name:
- United Auto Workers
- Headquarters:
- Detroit, MI, United States
- Location Country:
- United States
- Founding Date:
- May 01, 1935
- Key People:
- Ron Gettelfinger, president
- Associated With:
- AFL-CIO, CLC
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