Joe Ashton

UAW Says Hyundai Dealer Pickets About Korean Workers, Not U.S.

The United Auto Workers’s protest at U.S. Hyundai Motor Co. dealerships today is to show support for Korean workers, not to target the automaker’s U.S. employees for a membership drive, a union spokeswoman said.

UAW to Campaign at Dealers to Organize Nonunion U.S. Plants

The United Auto Workers union, whose leader has staked its future bargaining power on organizing U.S. plants of Asian and European automakers, plans to start pressuring the companies through dealership campaigns.

General Motors Plans to Build Equinox SUVs in Reopened Former Saturn Plant

General Motors Co., 28 months after its U.S.-backed bankruptcy, said it will build Chevrolet Equinox sport-utility vehicles in a reopened Tennessee assembly plant that used to make cars for the now-defunct Saturn brand.

GM Aims to Lower U.S. Labor Costs With Buyouts, Cheaper Hires Over 4 Years

General Motors Co. will move to entice electricians and its other highest-paid U.S. hourly workers to retire so it can hire lower-wage replacements through a four-year labor agreement with the United Auto Workers.

UAW Seeks to Claw Back Its Four-Year-Old Wage Concession

United Auto Workers Vice President Joe Ashton , who negotiates with General Motors Co. , said he wants to raise the $14-an-hour entry-level wage for union members at assembly plants in talks this year.

GM to Keep Louisiana Midsize Pickup Plant Open Until August 2012

General Motors Co. will keep open until August 2012 the midsize pickup plant in Louisiana that it set for closure as part of a new four-year labor contract.

UAW Says GM to Invest $2.5 Billion in New Four-Year Contract

The United Auto Workers, seeking ratification for a tentative contract agreement with General Motors Co., said the largest U.S. automaker will invest $2.5 billion through four years.

GM Said to Increase Entry-Level UAW Wage by $2 to $3 an Hour

General Motors Co. will increase entry-level pay by $2 to $3 an hour as part of a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers, said two people familiar with the accord.

UAW ‘Close to a Framework’ for GM Agreement, Official Says

The United Auto Workers union, having extended its contract with General Motors Co. by two days, said it is “very close” to completing negotiations with the automaker on a new accord.

UAW Said to Seek Early Labor Agreements With GM, Ford, Chrysler

The United Auto Workers will seek early contract settlements in talks with the U.S. automakers this year, breaking a pattern of brinksmanship that stretches at least four decades, two people familiar with the plan said.

"That's probably the saddest part of this whole set of negotiations, to see any plant close."

- Joe Ashton on Oct 28, 2011

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France Declares Austerity Over as Germany Offers Wiggle Room

Malaysia Government Defeats Anwar to Extend 55-Year Rule

Syria Says Israel Strike Sends Fireball Into Night

Malaysia Government Widens Election Lead Against Anwar

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