Detroit carmakers to seek big union concessions: report
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The three big Detroit automakers will  seek unprecedented concessions from the United Auto Workers  union (UAW) in contract negotiations, The Wall Street Journal  reported in its online edition on Thursday, citing auto  executives.
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Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout   packages of up to $140,000 to all of the more than 75,000   workers at its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers union said   on Thursday, a day before the automaker details a revised   turnaround plan in response to slumping sales.
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Ford Motor Co  and the United Auto  Workers union have agreed on the broad terms of a new round of  buyouts that would slash thousands of jobs under the terms of a  new contract, people familiar with the ongoing talks said.
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The United Auto Workers union is open to establishing a trust fund for retiree health-care benefits if it can reach an agreement with the U.S. automakers on funding terms, the Detroit News reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to this summer's labor contract negotiations.
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The United Auto Workers and Chrysler LLC got a big boost from some Detroit-area plants that voted in favor of a new labor contract, but the road to ratification is still a bumpy one with thousands more workers scheduled to cast ballots in the next few days.
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General Motors Corp  in its contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union has proposed one option that excludes establishing a union-run healthcare trust but calls for deeper cuts in several areas, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
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DETROIT, Oct. 20 -- Workers at three more local unions of the United Auto Workers have rejected a tentative contract agreement between the UAW and Chrysler, even as union leaders from Detroit spent the latter part of the week lobbying for yes votes.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s largest carmaker, wants German workers to agree to a two-year wage freeze to cut costs amid a stagnating market in place of the 4 percent yearly raise unions are demanding.
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The company is offering union workers at five auto parts plants up to $100,000 to leave because of declining demand from automakers.
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Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen is to meet with unions for talks that experts say are vital to the firm's future.
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REDFORD, Mich. -- Representatives for about 1,300 United Auto Workers members at DaimlerChrysler AG&#39;s Detroit Diesel engine manufacturing plant reached a tentative agreement Wednesday, one day after going
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Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, is threatening to slash 30,000 jobs to force unionized employees to accept a pay freeze in the latest and largest labor-management confrontation this year in Germany.
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DaimlerChrysler AG's (DCXGn.DE)  Chrysler Group plans to cut more than 10,000 factory jobs and  close at least two plants to return the U.S-based unit to  profitability, the Detroit News said on Monday.
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More than 30,000 jobs could be at risk at automaker Volkswagen if labor unions refuse to forego wage rises and make other concessions in upcoming negotiations, a top manager was quoted as saying Thursday &#151; comments that drew a sharp response from Germany's largest industrial union.
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Chrysler Group and the United Auto  Workers union on Friday mark the formal start of a summer of  crucial contract negotiations under intense pressure to break  the model of business as usual for Detroit.
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Nissan is in talks with Chrysler on a possible manufacturing agreement.
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DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. plans to offer buyout and early retirement packages to more than 75,000 of its employees, a United Auto Workers union official said Thursday.