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Volvo to pay battery charges in bid to help sell electric SUVs
Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg Published 12:01 a.m. ET Oct. 21, 2019 Volvo Cars isn’t just electrifying its lineup to cut carbon emissions. Now the Swedish automaker says it will pay customers to make sure they plug in. Volvo is tying the launch of its first all-electric vehicle – the XC40 Recharge crossover – to a broader… Continue reading Volvo to pay battery charges in bid to help sell electric SUVs
Plant closures give GM flexibility to make $7.7B investment
Buy Photo UAW Local 5960 workers walk the line at the GM Lake Orion assembly plant. (Photo: David Guralnick, The Detroit News) The tentative deal between General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers provides some certainty for the Detroit automaker facing trade wars, an industry downturn and a shakeup from future technology, experts say.… Continue reading Plant closures give GM flexibility to make $7.7B investment
UAW reaches tentative contract with janitors striking at five GM sites
CLOSE Striking janitors, who work for Aramark and are UAW members, picket outside General Motors’ Flint Assembly Plant last month. The janitors have reached a tentative agreement with Aramark, according to a source. (Photo: Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press) The janitors who have been on strike alongside autoworkers at General Motors sites have reached a… Continue reading UAW reaches tentative contract with janitors striking at five GM sites
UAW-GM deal calls for raises, $11K ratification bonus, Lordstown closure, pathway for temps
CLOSE Joe Krapohl, 64, of Otisville has spent more than 30 years working at GM as a toolmaker. He is a third-generation employee on the strike line outside the Flint Assembly Plant. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press According to a summary of the UAW’s proposed tentative contract with General Motors, the union won on… Continue reading UAW-GM deal calls for raises, $11K ratification bonus, Lordstown closure, pathway for temps
What to know about the UAW’s agreement with General Motors
Some 200 local union leaders Thursday morning are reviewing the details of a proposed tentative agreement that the United Auto Workers reached with General Motors Co. Wednesday. The more than 48,000 GM-UAW employees, including 17,000 in Michigan, have been off the job for 32 days — the longest national strike against GM since 1970. Here is what… Continue reading What to know about the UAW’s agreement with General Motors
GM-UAW deal calls for 9,000 jobs, $9,000 ratification bonus, e-truck at Detroit-Hamtramck
CLOSE Joe Krapohl, 64, of Otisville has spent more than 30 years working at GM as a toolmaker. He is a third-generation employee on the strike line outside the Flint Assembly Plant. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press The proposed deal between General Motors and the UAW includes promised investments in U.S. manufacturing that would… Continue reading GM-UAW deal calls for 9,000 jobs, $9,000 ratification bonus, e-truck at Detroit-Hamtramck
Flint workers welcome UAW-GM tentative agreement but are willing to stay on strike
CLOSE UAW Local 598 president Ryan Buchalski discusses tentative deal with General Motors to end strike. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press FLINT — Smoke wafted from 55-gallon drums filled with burning wood along the strike lines on Wednesday as workers paced the Flint Assembly site in 58-degree temperatures and cold mist – as news trickled in about… Continue reading Flint workers welcome UAW-GM tentative agreement but are willing to stay on strike
A GM worker’s story: Transfer from Lordstown one in a series of hard choices
CLOSE UAW worker Matt Moorhead on strike talks about his journey from the GM Youngstown plant to being on strike at GM Lansing Daniel Mears, The Detroit News Lansing — Matt Moorhead used to start his day with a latte made by his wife, Alyson. Now Moorhead, 47, no longer wakes up to that sweet gesture. He… Continue reading A GM worker’s story: Transfer from Lordstown one in a series of hard choices
GM strike, day 30: Barra, Reuss join negotiations, according to sources
General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra and President Mark Reuss for the first time joined main table negotiations with the United Auto Workers on Tuesday morning, two people familiar with the situation told The Detroit News. The hour-long discussion could signal that a proposed tentative agreement soon may be ready, especially after the UAW on Monday issued… Continue reading GM strike, day 30: Barra, Reuss join negotiations, according to sources