Ford says strike at Russian plant to end Dec 17
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - U.S. car maker Ford Motor Co  will resume full production at its Russian plant on Monday after a four-week strike that threatened to curtail a planned increase in output.
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Ford Motor Company signed a collective bargaining agreement with the union representing its Russian employees, averting a strike in a country that has been a bright spot for the automaker. Sales in Russia are booming; Ford made 60,000 Focus cars in Russia last year and plans to produce 75,000 this year. The company agreed to raise wages 14 percent to 20 percent and to guarantee that jobs will not be lost in outsourcing to subcontractors, according to Aleksei V. Etmanov, the union president.
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The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday concluded a contract with General Motors Corp., ending a national strike by 73,000 workers, with a deal that includes a groundbreaking health-care trust fund.
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Ford Motor Co. F.N on Friday said it   will slash $5 billion in costs and cut nearly 45,000 jobs,   about one-third of its work force, in a sweeping restructuring,   and warned that its North American unit won't make a profit for   another three years.
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Ford Motor Co. on Friday announced sharp cuts in its North American production that would force it to partially shut down plants in the U.S. and Canada in the fourth quarter.
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The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp reached a tentative contract on Wednesday, ending a national strike by 73,000 workers with a groundbreaking deal that includes a health-care trust fund.
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Ford's  car sales in Russia will  double to an estimated 120,000 units in 2006, half of them  produced locally, the head of the Russian unit Henrik Nenzen  said on Wednesday.
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U.S. carmaker Ford's  car sales in  Russia will double to an estimated 120,000 vehicles in 2006,  half of them produced locally, the head of the Russian unit  Henrik Nenzen said on Wednesday.
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Ford Motor Co.  said  on Tuesday it would boost production in Russia to 125,000 cars  per year by 2009 from 72,000 as it seeks to satisfy booming  demand in Europe&#39;s fastest growing car market.
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Ford Motor Co will consider adding  production capacity in Russia to meet rising demand in Europe's  fastest-growing major market, the head of the automaker's  European operations said on Wednesday.
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Workers at Volkswagen&#39;s Mexico plant agreed to end their three-day-old strike and accept a pay package close to the company&#39;s original offer, officials said after talks that stretched into the early hours of Saturday.
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Russia moved ahead Friday with plans to break up the country&#39;s largest oil producer, announcing it would auction off a majority stake in the main production unit of oil giant OAO Yukos next month.
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Ford's F.N car sales in Russia will   double to an estimated 120,000 units in 2006, half of them   produced locally, the head of the Russian unit Henrik Nenzen   said on Wednesday.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Production resumed at U.S. carmaker Ford's  plant in Russia on Thursday after a one-day strike over pay and conditions, but workers threatened to down tools again if pay talks stall.
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Ford Motor Co.  said  on Tuesday it would boost output in Russia to 125,000 cars per  year by 2009 from 72,000 as it seeks to satisfy booming demand  in Europe&#39;s fastest growing major car market.
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Russia pressed ahead on Friday with the last step in the destruction of oil major YUKOS, saying it will auction its main Siberian unit on Dec. 19 for $8.65 billion and hit it with a new tax claim.
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Workers at a General Motors Corp. plant in Germany decided Wednesday to end their nearly weeklong walkout in protest at thousands of threatened job cuts, a union official said, ending a strike that has forced other factories to a halt.