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What Really Happened? Penske Drops Saturn bid; GM Says Division Doomed

Steve Parker | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Enzo Ferrari, Roger and Me, Pete Petersen, Spring Hill, Saturn, United Auto Workers, Chevrolet, Cars, Roger Smith, Hal Riney, Ford, Canada, General Motors, Indy 500, Michael Moore, Chevrolet Corvette, Indycar Racing, Roger Penske, Walter P. Chrysler, Paul Tracy, Alaska, Plug-in Hybrids, Bowling Green, California Speedway, John Delorean, Business News
Steve Parker

Roger Penske's failure will almost certainly result in Saturn's demise, and publicly, officially and finally ends the Roger Smith era at GM.

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The End of the Line

Murray Fromson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: HBO Documentaries, General Motors, Gm, United Auto Workers, Entertainment News
Murray Fromson

Not in many years has television given the American viewing public an example of as impressive a documentary as HBO did Monday evening with The Last Truck: the Closing of a GM Factory.

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Rethinking Who Killed the Electric Car?: How GM Doubled Down on Dinosaurs

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Movie Review, Jonathan Kim, Who Killed the Electric Car, General Motors, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Electric Cars, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, Chris Paine, Labor Unions, Business News
Jonathan Kim

Instead of embracing the inevitable future of the auto industry, GM decided to be the #1 producer of dinosaurs.

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GM Bankruptcy Hurts People of Color Hardest. Workers Desperately Need EFCA.

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, GM Bankruptcy, Economy, United Auto Workers, Efca, Collateral Damage, Race, Labor Unions, Recession, Racial Politics, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, General Motors, General Motors Bankruptcy, People of Color, Detroit, Foreclosure, Racial Disparities, Auto Industry, Unions, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Seth Freed Wessler

In the economy we've inherited from the last three decades of deregulation and declining union density, people of color are increasingly relegated to low-wage, precarious work that pays too little to support a family.

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The Present And Future Of GM

The Progress Report | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Bankruptcy, Chrysler, General Motors, John Boehner, Barack Obama, United Auto Workers, Business News
The Progress Report

Without the government financing its bankruptcy, GM "would have ended up in liquidation, shedding 60,000 hourly jobs instead of 20,000" and selling assets at firesale prices.

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Goodbye, GM

Michael Moore | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Uaw, Bankruptcy, Flint, General Motors, Alternative Energy, Michael Moore, United Auto Workers, Gm, Detroit, Roger & Me, Green Energy, Pollution, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Business News
Michael Moore

Let's be clear about this: The only way to save GM is to kill GM. Saving our precious industrial infrastructure, though, is another matter and must be a top priority.

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GM: Government Motors About to Downshift into Bankruptcy

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: CBS Early Show, United Auto Workers, General Motors Bankruptcy, Business News
Jill Schlesinger

Will this bankruptcy be a good financial deal for the government? I doubt it. It's rarely profitable to dump money into a money-losing, moribund bureaucratic venture.

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U.S. Government Expected To Own 70% Of GM

nytimes.com | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, Detroit Automakers, Uaw, General Motors, GM Bankruptcy, United Auto Workers, Obama Administration, Detroit Bailout, Business News

DETROIT -- The government will hold a large share of a restructured General Motors after the company emerges from bankruptcy protection, and will prov...

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GM Workers Struggle To Hold On To Jobs

nytimes.com | BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, General Motors, Gm, United Auto Workers, Flint North, United Auto Workers Union, Detroit Three, Detroit Bailout, Flint MIchigan, Business News

Since 2006, G.M. has persuaded 60,000 of its hourly employees -- half of its union work force in the United States -- to take cash buyouts and give up...

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Welch Criticizes Obama On Chrysler Bankruptcy

bloomberg.com | Tom Moroney | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Bankruptcy, General Electric, Chrysler, Jack Welch, Chrysler Bailout, United-Auto-Workers, Barack Obama, Union, Chrysler-Bondholders, Chrys Creditors, Business News

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Jack Welch, former chief executive officer of General Electric Co., criticized the government- backed bankruptcy of Chrysler LLC...

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I Pledge to Buy a Made-in-US Car. If We All Buy American - and Obama and Congress Act - We Can Revive US Manufacturing

Roger Hickey | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Economic Stimulus, Green Jobs, Auto Industry, Economy, Fuel Efficiency, United Auto Workers, Buy American, Business News
Roger Hickey

I want Barack Obama's plan to save the industry and revive manufacturing to succeed -- so I'm stepping up to do a small thing: I pledge that my next car will be made in the good old USA.

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Detroit's Woes Point to Growing Retiree Health Insurance Gap

Mark Miller | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Bankruptcy, Organized Labor, Medicare, Health Care, Retirement, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Mark Miller

About three-quarters of Medicare beneficiaries have some kind of supplemental policy to help protect against potentially high out-of-pocket costs.

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Obama: "Ich bin ein Chrysler!"

Steve Parker | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Jfk Speech, Jim Press, United Auto Workers, Sergio Marchionne Fiat, Cars, Obama Berlin Speech, Highland Park, Barack Obama, Gmac, Fiat Chrysler, Daimler, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Toyota Motor Corp, Alfa Romeo, Benito Mussolini, Business News
Steve Parker

Obama talked his usual great game of absolute confidence at the end of his announcement this morning, telling the country, "If you're going to buy a new car, buy an American car."

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The Double-Standardization Of Double Standards

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uaw, GM Bailout, Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy, GM Chrysler Deal, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Economy, Bank of America, Aig, Chrysler Bailout, Ford, Barack Obama, Wall Street Crisis, General Motors, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Ron Gettelfinger, Timothy Geithner, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Hummer, Citigroup, Double Standard, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Surely there is nothing new about double standards in business and finance, especially in the current crisis. In fact, there may even be a rising double standard for what constitutes a double standard.

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Good News At Ford: Some Workers Getting Jobs Back To Build New SUV

AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ford Chicago Plant, United Auto Workers, Ford Chicago Hieghts Stamping Plant, Cars, Ford Workers, Ford, Auto Industry, Ford Explorer, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- There is a bit of good news amid all the bad surrounding the auto industry. Officials of the United Auto Workers union say Ford Motor...

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Creep of the Week: AIG Bonus Grantor Edward M. Liddy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxpayer Bailouts, Aig, Wall Street, United Auto Workers, Big Three Auto Companies, Usw, Washington Post, Credit Default Swaps, United Steelworkers, Uaw, American International Group, Creep of the Week, Bonuses, Edward M. Liddy, Economy, Aig Bonuses, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

AIG Chairman Edward M. Liddy gets the Creep of the Week award for his stunning, overwhelming, dumbfounding display of cluelessness.

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AIG v. Detroit - Renegotiating Contracts

Steve Parker | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Boeing, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Barney Frank, Cars, Job Bank, Harvard, Aig, Wwwtalkradioonecom, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Fiat, Sema, Bob Nardelli, Allstate, Tarp, Elijah Cummings, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, Dearborn, Washington DC, Ford Motor Co, Las Vegas, Detroit Automakers, Chrysler, Chrysler Jeep, Wharton, Ron Gettelfinger, Yale University, Ford Mustang, Uaw, Edward Liddy, Business News
Steve Parker

Congress could throw hundreds of billions at GM, Ford and Chrysler -- but how could the results be any different from what we see now?'

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Ford workers approve UAW contract changes

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 04.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Automakers, Uaw Ford, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Ford UAW, Ford, Auto Bailout, Detroit Ford, Home News

DETROIT — Unionized workers at Ford Motor Co. have approved contract changes that include freezing wages and cutting benefits in a move aimed at...

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GM, Chrysler Want Billions More

Steve Parker | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Congress, GMC Truck, Saturn, Chrysler, Buick, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, George W. Bush, Fiat, Cars, Chinese, Detroit News, Ford, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Lawrence Summers, New York Federal Reserve Bank, General Motors, Brembo, Mini, Delphi, Charlie Rose, GMAC Bailout, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Uaw, Penske Automotive Group, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Moody Blues, Mitt Romney, Pontiac Solstice, Mitsuoka Motor, Roger Smith, Frankfurt International Auto Show, Pontiac, Ferrari, Saab, Tokyo Motor Show, Bmw, Smart Car, Wall Street, Dodge, Tim Geithner, President Obama Administration, Henry Paulson, Hummer Sale, Hollywood, Cadillac, Firebird, Miata, Auto Bailout, Business News
Steve Parker

Incidentally, GM got another $4 billion Tuesday after turning in their plan. Were you ever rewarded that much just for doing your homework?

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GM, UAW Talks Breakoff And Chrysler Talks Stall

Reuters | Kevin Krolicki and Poornima Gupta | Posted 03.18.2009 | Business

Read More: General Motors, Uaw, Uaw Gm Talks Stalled, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Gm, Gm Uaw Talks, Gm Union Talks, Uaw Gm Talks, Business News

Talks between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp central to a turnaround plan for the struggling automaker have broken down over the issu...

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Remember The Folks In Janesville This Holiday

Scott Foval | Posted 01.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Newton Iowa, Auto Bailout, East Moline Illiniois, Middle Amana Iowa, General Motors, Gm, Green Jobs, United Auto Workers, Janesville Wisconsin, Plant Closings, Manufacturing, Uaw, Janesville Assembly Plant, Janesville Gm, Barack Obama, Chicago News
Scott Foval

This holiday, please remember Janesville, Newton, Middle Amana and East Moline. These people are hurting, and we need to help our neighbors get through this.

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Toyota Projects First-Ever Annual Loss; Congress Disses Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Simon Boag, John Campi, White House, Congress, Australia, Trd, Buick, United Auto Workers, Suvs, Phil Murtaugh, Crossfire, Mercedes-Benz, Cars, Detroit News, Detroit Auto Show, Hardtop Convertible, Daimler, Toyota Motor Corp, Moraine, Masters of the Universe, Mongolia, Bankruptcy, Detroit Three, Gm, Washington DC, Land Rover, Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe, Floorplanning, Cnn, Banks, Japan, China, Corporate Jets, Automotive News, Roger and Me, Wall Street Bailout, Suzuki, Chrysler, Jim Press, GM Bankruptcy, Federal Reserve Board, President Obama, Ford, Katsuaki Watanabe, General Motors, Dayton, CNN/Opinion Research Poll, President Bush, Michigan, Detroit Bailout, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Associated Press, Tokyo, Private Planes, g4 Challenge, North American International Auto Show, Nyc, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Deborah Meyer, Vice President Cheney, Toyota Racing Development, Republicans, Slk, Business News
Steve Parker

Congress took a perverse pleasure in giving Detroit's CEOs and the UAW president the third degree -- unnecessary theater while our country suffers this economic decline.

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Procrastination Doesn't Fix It

Joan Blades | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Uaw, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Labor Unions, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Unemployment, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Unions, Detroit, Business News
Joan Blades

Why not convert one third of the automakers' industrial capacity to building state-of-the-art wind generation? We need to be strategic in solving our economic and energy woes.

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Bush Punts Auto Industry to Team Obama; UAW Concedes Even More

Steve Parker | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Automotive News, Msnbc, Wall Street Bailout, Union-Busting, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Chrysler, Right to Work, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Cars, Detroit News, Ford, Automaker Viability Plan, Auto Bailout, GM VP CFO Ray Young, General Motors, Richard Shelby, Two-Tier Pay, Chrysler Viability Plan, President Bush, Foreign Transplant Factories, Ford Viability Plan, Detroit Bailout, Bob Nardelli, Automaker Bailout, Uaw, Robert Reich, Managed Bankruptcy, Default Car Czar, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, GM Viability Plan, Clinton Administration, Barack Obama, Rachel Maddow Show, Alabama, Asimo, Bush Administration, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Auto Supplier Companies, Big Three Viability Plan, Secretary of Labor Reich, Henry Paulson, Car Czar, Treasury Secretary, Jobs, Unemployment, Labor Unions, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Unions, Business News
Steve Parker

This "agreement" is just another part of the recent "Bush/Cheney Revisionist History Farewell Tour." It was created to fail, just as long as that failure didn't happen while Bush was still president.

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Auto Bailout: Ecological Sustainability Before Economic Viability

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Bailout, Internal Com, Cafe, Fuel Efficiency, United Auto Workers, Gm, Climate Change, Auto Industry, Sustainability, Business News
Robert Weissman

Detroit does need to find a way to be economically viable over time, but the preeminent need is to ensure that auto manufacturing is viable for the planet.

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