After Years of Labor Gains, Autoworkers Face Losses
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Larry Boynton is slowly coming to a realization that would have been unthinkable for an American autoworker just a decade ago: that he will have to accept deep cuts in medical benefits or risk one day losing his job.
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The economic expansion that began six years ago has failed to benefit most workers, according to a report from the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, released Monday.
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THE STRIKE against General Motors ought to end quickly, and the company can make that happen with a concession on job security. But the United Auto Workers has to realize that any victory in current talks will be temporary, and that job losses are inevitable as General Motors spreads its work across the globe in an attempt to stay in ...
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Workers voting against the Chrysler deal see the lack of job guarantees as a violation of the unionâs long-held principle of winning similar terms at each Detroit auto company.
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The shift employees who fuel the nation's 24-hour economy were more likely to be absent from work last year than other employees, costing US employers an estimated $111 billion, up from more than $25 billion in 2003, according to Circadian Technologies Inc.
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Detroit's Big Three automakers are "posturing" when they say they need a $30 reduction in hourly wages and benefits as they try to return to profitability, the United Auto Workers union president said on Friday.
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FRANKFURT : Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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There's a possible trend afoot that may actually help workers.
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No, tell us how you really feel. This Labor Day, workers are saying their biggest work problems are mostly economic. Their pay is not keeping up with increasing health-care costs or other increases in living expenses. They are disgruntled enough to look for work on the job. Retirement "security"...
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U.S automakers face a widening gap in profitability per vehicle compared to their major Japanese rivals because of missed design opportunities, heavy discounting and high labor costs, a study released on Monday said.
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Politically charged phrase disappearing as firms cook up new terms to describe sending work to cheaper labor markets.
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Car buyers, tired of designs that roll  off the assembly line, are shifting gears to decades past.
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For day laborers seeking work in a sun-baked parking lot on Thursday, defeat of U.S. President George W. Bush's plans for an immigration overhaul has set back their dreams of a normal life.
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The auto parts retailer struggles through a difficult second quarter.
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A shift in focus over the last year by the worldâs two largest automakers reveals how each is working on their own version of a turnaround.
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Labor, automaker negotiate sweeping layoffs, focus on severance pay, provisions for fired workers.
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Even as Detroit shows encouraging signs of life, the automobile industry, the cityâs life force, faces further declines in the coming year.