by Justin | Oct 30, 2020 | Administration Caucus, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal
Moceri Cos. and 400 Monroe Associates today announced the acquisition of the landmark UAW-GM Center for Human Resources on the Detroit riverfront. The sale price was not disclosed. Read the article here.
by Justin | Oct 24, 2020 | Dodge, Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), FCA, Ford, General Motors
Auto work is typically remembered as one of the best industrial jobs a worker could get in postwar America. Less remembered, however, is how absolutely brutal and violent life on the auto factory floor was — and still is. Read the article here.
by Justin | Oct 14, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Auto News, FCA, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal
General Motors Co. is pushing forward with its racketeering lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV in an appeal to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals filed Tuesday. GM’s case was cast aside by U.S. District Judge Paul Borman, even after the automaker...
by Justin | Oct 7, 2020 | General Motors, Labor History, UAW History
To earn worker trust and the right to speak for them, the upstart union had to confront and defeat GM, the industrial colossus that controlled almost 45 percent of domestic auto sales and employed 240,000 workers in 69 plants. In 1936, GM’s net profits approached $284...
by Justin | Sep 28, 2020 | Auto News, General Motors
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority is requiring General Motors Co. to invest $12 million in northeast Ohio where it closed a plant last year — and to refund $28 million in tax credits for not fulfilling its agreement to live up to the terms of those incentives. GM closed...
by Justin | Sep 15, 2020 | Administration Caucus, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal
General Motors Co. is suing a former company director to recoup money embezzled in what it called a criminal scheme that saddled the Detroit automaker with billions of dollars in increased labor costs. The federal lawsuit Monday against former GM director Joe Ashton,...
