by Justin | Jan 5, 2021 | Auto News, Collective Bargaining, Ford
Ford Motor Co. is planning to convert nearly 400 full-time factory workers from temporary to permanent status in January, and the Free Press has learned there are hundreds more such hires planned in 2021. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jan 5, 2021 | Auto News, General Motors
GM said Monday it will convert more than 650 hourly employees from temporary to regular full-time status at its plants across nine states by the end of this month as part of its 2019 national contract with the UAW. The bulk of those workers, 300, are at GM’s...
by Justin | Jan 4, 2021 | Auto News, FCA, UAW Corruption Scandal
Alphons Iacobelli, the former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV vice president who bought a Ferrari, bejeweled pens and a backyard pool with money siphoned during a conspiracy involving the automaker and the United Auto Workers, received a prison break Monday. U.S....
by Justin | Dec 24, 2020 | Auto News, Ford, UAW Local 387
In addition to thousands of early production 2021 Ford F-150 pickups being stockpiled in parking lots around Detroit Metro Airport for a quality review, a steady stream of the new vehicles is being delivered to a site near the Flat Rock Assembly Plant for installation...
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 | 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...
