Slater Steel Announces Shutdown MISSISSAUGA, ON, Nov 13, 2002

Slater Steel Inc. (SSI) today announced that it had notified employees at its Atlas Specialty Steels operation and the applicable representatives of the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW) and the United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

Labor Opens a Drive to Organize Wal-Mart

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — In corporate America, there is nothing like Wal-Mart. In just 40 years, it has become the nation's biggest company and the world's largest retailer. In the United States alone, it owns 3,300 stores and employs more than one million workers.

Dearborn plant will build new Ford F150 truck

Historic Rouge factory turns to flex-assembly
November 9, 2002
Ford Motor Co. will build its most important new vehicle at its most historic manufacturing site. The new F150 pickup, Ford's best-selling vehicle

GM workers mourn victim in Russian hostage crisis

Workers at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Oklahoma City said they were surprised and sad when they learned a longtime co- worker was one of more than 100 people killed in a Moscow theater.

International and UAW reach 'tentative' agreement;
company to revise its fourth-quarter projections

OCT-28--WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- International Truck and Engine Corp. and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative agreement on a new, five-year labor contract, International said Oct. 25

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Navistar ends contract extension with UAW

OCT-22---SPRINGFIELD | Navistar ended its contract extension with the United Auto Workers union at 12:01 a.m. today, but company and union officials expect work to continue. 

Poverty up, income down, except for top 5 percent

By Holly Sklar
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, September 30, 2002
(c) Copyright 2002 Holly Sklar

It's no surprise that poverty is up and income down during this recession. The really bad news is that poverty rates are higher than the 1970s, the top 5 percent 

Keep up on the CAW Big 3 Negotiations

updated October 1st, 2002

GM tool center to leave Lansing

Automaker will shift operation to Grand Blanc
General Motors Corp. is closing its 285-employee Lansing Tool Center and moving the work to Grand Blanc. 

County set to OK labor agreement

BRIDGETON - The Board of Freeholders expects to finalize a new labor agreement next week with county workers who have been working without a contract since Dec. 31. County officials have a signed agreement from United Auto Workers Local 2327 

GM Raises Retirees' Health Premiums

November 5, 2002, 11:31 AM EST

DETROIT -- Hit by fast-rising prescription drug expenses that cost General Motors Corp. about $1 billion last year, the automaker is substantially increasing premiums for 164,000 retirees in 2003.

Navistar says progress made in labor talks

Reuters, 10.22.02, 2:39 PM ET

CHICAGO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. said on Tuesday that company and union negotiators were closer to a new labor contract and still talking even after terms of the old pact expired just after midnight  

Ford/UAW release results of Louisville health care initiative

Representatives of Ford Motor Co. and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (U.A.W.), released on Tuesday the findings of an 18-month assessment of health care in the Louisville area.

Magna to stop fighting UAW

Oct 5 - The United Auto Workers has made further strides in unionizing the mostly unorganized auto parts industry.

Navistar, UAW recess labor talks until Monday

WARRENVILLE, Ill., Oct 2 (Reuters) - International Truck and Engine Corp., the operating company of Navistar International Corp, and the United Auto Workers

Hiring squad

John Deere embarks on most
intensive hiring in five years
WATERLOO - "Let's see who's going to the Foundry!" Ron Paar said, sliding a stack of examinations across a desk to be passed around.

UAW workers strike at Auburn Gear plant

AUBURN, Ind. (AP)-NOV 5 - Union workers at Auburn Gear, a maker of gear drives for automobiles and farm equipment, went on strike Monday, hours after a six-month contract extension expired.

UAW official says new plant to be flexible

LORDSTOWN, Ohio - Oct 23--A new paint shop planned for the Lordstown Assembly Plant will be capable of painting vehicles of various sizes, allowing flexibility to shift from slow selling vehicles to hot models, a union official said.

Navistar plans stock contribution to pension fund

CHICAGO --Oct 12-- Truck maker Navistar International Corp. said on Friday it may contribute company stock to its pension plans to conserve cash and increase its equity.

UAW honcho trying to spark talks

Oct 5 - A top official of the United Auto Workers (UAW) says he'll step in to jump-start stalled contract talks between the UAW and Navistar International Corp.

GM move has some workers worried

Faced with the possibility of layoffs in a couple of years, employees at GM's Lansing Car Assembly were left talking about job security Wednesday.