Former FCA Labor Chief and UAW Widow Charged in Union Corruption Conspiracy

Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles labor relations chief Alphons Iacobelli and Monica Morgan, wife of late UAW Vice President General Holiefield, have been charged by a federal grand jury with violating the Labor Management Relations Act.

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Upset Tesla Employees Are Airing Dirty Laundry

Tesla employees don’t seem to be too happy. 

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Ford, UAW Latest to Criticize Trump's Travel Ban

Ford has released a statement saying it does not support Trump’s travel ban policy.

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Volkswagen Chattanooga Employees Vote Against Union Representation

Employees at Volkswagen Chattanooga have voted against United Auto Workers (UAW) representation in a secret ballot election.

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Chrysler Pays $5B to UAW Trust to Complete Buyout

Chrysler Group has closed a deal which will see the brand pay $5 billion to a United Auto Workers (UAW) trust in order to complete its plan to buyout the union.

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Fiat Reaches Deal to Buy Remaining Chrysler Shares

Fiat has finally reached an agreement with the UAW’s VEBA Trust to purchase the remaining 41.46 percent stake that it does not own. 

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Trial Date Set to Value Remaining Chrysler Share

The UAW Healthcare Trust that owns 41.5 percent of Chrysler will have almost another year to argue with Fiat over what its share of the company is worth.

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Judge Rules to Reinstate Chrysler Workers Fired for Drinking on the Job

Chrysler workers that were fired two years ago for drinking on the job have been reinstated at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant against the companies wishes following a union-backed arbitration process.

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GM Canada Loses 1,500 Jobs to US Workers

Mixing business and emotion is dangerous, as some 2,000 workers in Oshawa, Canada are learning today. The GM plant they work at, which manufactures the Chevrolet Impala and runs a flex line for the Equinox, will axe 2,000 jobs.

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Newt Gingrich Blames UAW for Struggling US Auto Industry

Former US House Speaker and REpublican party nominee Newt Gingrich recently touched on the auto industry at a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa. At his first real test as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Gingrich responded to a question about jobs leaving the United States and targeted the United Auto Workers (UAW).

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UAW Still Pursuing To Organize A Foreign Automaker On US Soil

Despite the United Auto Workers (UAW) claiming that they’re backing off trying to organize a foreign auto plant in America by year’s end, the mission to do so isn’t off the table entirely. UAW has continued to plot a plan to unionize factories owned by Daimler and Volkswagen, it just won’t happen before 2012 comes.

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UAW Backs Off, Drops Campaign To Unionize A Foreign Auto Plant

UAW’s focus on unionizing a foreign auto plant in America by year’s end has been dropped, showing a major shift in their strategy in the union’s recruiting efforts.

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UAW To Picket General Motors' Orion Township Plant

UAW members are scheduled to picket outside General Motors’ Orion Township Plant today, where the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano are built. Negotiations have stalled between the union and an in-house supplier owned by the Ambassador Bridge’s Moroun family.

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Chicago Ford Plant Gives Early 'No' To New Pact

Local 551 of Chicago’s Ford Plant gave a resounding “no” to the new four-year labor contract. Local 551 represents about 6 percent of Ford’s United Auto Workers (UAW) employees and according to  secretary-treasurer Scott Houldieson of Local 551, the two-tier pay scale was one of the biggest reasons the plant’s workers voted against it.

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Ford Begins 2011 Contract Negotiations With UAW

Ford is opening the floor to 2011’s contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers—which always ends in suspense.

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