UAW, automakers gearing up for contract talks

DETROIT -- Negotiations on new auto industry labor pacts start next month in the midst of the worst jobs climate in at least a decade. But the 304,600 United Auto Workers union members whose financial fates will be determined by the outcome will likely emerge unscathed.

100 YEARS OF FORD: Henry Ford loses his long battle with the UAW

May 26- Henry Ford, a man of contradictions, had a bittersweet relationship with his employees. He stunned the world by paying his workers an incredible $5 a day in 1914 - and then created a company police force

DaimlerChrysler scraps Canada plant plan

May 23 (UPI) -- German-American automaker DaimlerChrysler has decided not to build a new $1.2 billion assembly plant in Windsor, Canada, because of sagging auto sales.

UAW may consider plant closings

May 17, 2003--DETROIT - A provocative report from a Wall Street auto analyst contends the UAW will liftits plant-closing moratorium in contract talks this year in return for help unionizing the growing number of workers at parts suppliers.

Statement of UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, in Response

DETROIT, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from UAW President Ron Gettelfinger in response to advertisements released today by the Detroit Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council: 

CEO pay still outrageous

By Holly Sklar

April 24, 2003 -- You know CEO pay is still out of control when Fortune magazine puts a smiling pig in a suit on the cover and headlines its pay roundup, "Have they no shame? Their performance stank last year, yet most CEOs got paid more than ever." 

Six-story sculpture honors role of labor

April 23 - The gleaming sculpture is being installed this week, wrapping up a Michigan Labor Legacy Project that began two years ago as part of the Detroit 300 tricentennial observance.

UAW Chief Calls for Ullico CEO to Quit

DETROIT -  April 17 - United Auto Workers president Ron Gettelfinger on Monday called for the resignation of the chairman and chief executive of Ullico Inc., the union-owned life insurance company.

Strike deadline approaches for Dana unionized workers

POTTSTOWN -- Contract negotiations between the owners of Pottstown’s Dana automotive plant and the United Auto Workers union are going down to the wire.

115 UAW strikers say co-pays too high

May 22 -- More than 100 UAW workers in Warren have gone on strike over demands the workers pick up more of the cost of their health care benefits

U.S. automakers face heated summer labor talks

May 16, 2003--DETROIT - A four-year-old ban on plant closings to protect tens of thousands of factory jobs will hang in the balance when Detroit's Big 3 automakers enter a new round of contract talks with the United Auto Workers union this summer.

York International Workers Threaten Strike

Local members of the United Auto Workers 0verwhelmingly approved a strike vote over the weekend, a vote that still must be approved by regional and national office of the UAW.  

Both Private- and Government-Sector Unions Lose Members

April 30 - MIDLAND — The decline in union membership — dramatized by the 10 percent drop in nationwide UAW membership last year — is not merely a one-year phenomenon, but rather part of a long-term trend in which unions 

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Effort on to end Peterbilt lockout

April 24 - Workers locked out from their jobs at Peterbilt Motors Co. in Madison stepped up efforts to get back to work yesterday, asking for help from shareholders of its parent company and targeting its own bank, a major shareholder that declined to help.

UAW Local 662 files suit against DRA

April 2003 - United Auto Workers Local 662 and its Region 3 office filed suit against Delco Remy America and Delco Remy International Wednesday because it wants the auto parts manufacturing company to make good on an agreement.

Carhaulers Prepare to Strike  May 28, 2003

Carhaul Talks Continue, Strike Preparations Gear Up May 29, 2003

Teamsters Strike May Arise for Companies that Haul Vehicles to Dealerships May 30, 2003

Teamsters Reach Tentative Pacts with Carhaul Carriers May 31, 2003
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Union Protects Health Care and Pensions, Improves Job Security

UAW Local 2209 would like to extend its heartfelt sorrow for the tragedy at the Oklahoma City GM Plant and to the members of UAW Local 1999. The Local Union Hall was destroyed as well.

We are going to be holding a Gate Collection to support our Brothers and Sisters this Friday, May 16th before each shift at the GA and Paint/Body Entrances. Lets all pull together and help our UNION Brothers and Sisters.
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