UAW Workers Speak Up About GM's Future – WLAJ


The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com

UAW Workers Speak Up About GM's Future
WLAJ, MI
In the revised deal, UAW members agreed to wage freezes, ending bonuses, eliminating non-competitive work rules and a ban on GM strikes until 2015. The automaker is still working to get some bond-holders on their side. On Thursday, some of GM's biggest
Video: Local UAW members vote on crucial deal Wood TV8
UAW Vote Results WYTV
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Cramer’s Mad Money – The Screwed-up GM Game (5/27/09) (at Seeking Alpha)

Asian shares retreated from seven-months highs on Thursday as concerns grew that rising yields on U.S. government debt could push up borrowing costs and choke off a potential recovery in the world’s largest economy.
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Young Car Buyers Challenge Detroit (at BusinessWeek)

Germany’s economy minister says a high-level meeting hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the future of General Motors Corp.’s opel unit has ended without a decision.
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Union bids again to keep NY plant open – The Associated Press


The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com

Union bids again to keep NY plant open
The Associated Press
Members of UAW Local 624 are meeting to vote on a new contract that includes wage and benefit concessions union officials hope will keep the New Process Gear plant open. Workers have twice rejected contracts that could have kept the parent company,
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Third Time a Charm? The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com
NPG contract vote to be held Saturday NewsChannel 9 WSYR
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No solution on GM’s Opel at Berlin meeting (AP)

Germany’s economy minister says a high-level meeting hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the future of General Motors Corp.’s opel unit has ended without a decision.
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[$$] Germany Hosts Session on Loans to Back Opel (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

General Motors bondholders felt they deserved something like a 58 percent stake in the company in exchange for their billions of dollars in debt. What they were offered wasn’t even close.
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PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RON GETTELFINGER, UAW PRESIDENT, AND CAL … – Federal News Service (subscription)


PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RON GETTELFINGER, UAW PRESIDENT, AND CAL
Federal News Service (subscription), DC
MR. RAPSON: (In progress.) If you're going to sell it here, build it here. And then finally they came and they agreed to do this. We got — what we're really concerned about, as Ron said, the 10 million — (word inaudible). We know that's Depression


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[$$] As TALF Deadline Nears, 7 Deals Come to Market (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

What’s cheaper than a fire sale? Answer: A government give-away. After months of dead-end dealmaking in the collapsing auto industry, acquirers are finally lining up to make a run at the assets being spun off from struggling U.S. automakers led by General Motors Corp .
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[$$] Bondholders at GM Right to Be Leery (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

What’s cheaper than a fire sale? Answer: A government give-away. After months of dead-end dealmaking in the collapsing auto industry, acquirers are finally lining up to make a run at the assets being spun off from struggling U.S. automakers led by General Motors Corp .
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GM to build compact cars in US; UAW oks contract – The Associated Press


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GM to build compact cars in US; UAW oks contract
The Associated Press
In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said GM will not import the cars from China and had agreed as part of a concession deal to build them in the US On Friday, Gettelfinger said at a news conference that
GM to build compact cars in US; UAW oks contract WLNS
GM Says They'll Keep Cars Made in America WLAJ
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When governments talk, auto bidders listen (Reuters)

What’s cheaper than a fire sale? Answer: A government give-away. After months of dead-end dealmaking in the collapsing auto industry, acquirers are finally lining up to make a run at the assets being spun off from struggling U.S. automakers led by General Motors Corp .
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[$$] Oil Rises on Hopes for Rebound (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

General Motors, the company that put tail fins on a Cadillac and was once the nation’s largest employer, moved to the edge of bankruptcy Wednesday as debtholders refused a last-ditch deal.
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United Auto Workers approve GM labor agreement – Bizjournals.com


United Auto Workers approve GM labor agreement
Bizjournals.com, NC
“The leadership demonstrated by UAW president Ron Gettlefinger and UAW vice president Cal Rapson, and the hard work from the members of the General Motors and UAW negotiating teams, resulted in an innovative agreement that will enable GM to be fully


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GM all but certain to file for Chapter 11 (AP)

General Motors, the company that put tail fins on a Cadillac and was once the nation’s largest employer, moved to the edge of bankruptcy Wednesday as debtholders refused a last-ditch deal.
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[$$] Germany Hosts Session On Loans to Back Opel (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Chrysler began a marathon bankruptcy court hearing Wednesday to persuade a judge to approve its plan to sell most of its assets to Italian automaker Fiat and save itself from liquidation.
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