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Just like the first one, it came out Wimbledon White.
by Joseph Szczesny on Aug.08, 2018
Ford marked the production of the 10 millionth Mustang with a huge party, including the very first Mustang built. Both are in Wimbledon White.
Ford Motor Co. celebrated the building of 10 million Mustangs in style with a parade, air show and lunch for hundreds at the assembly plant outside Detroit in Flat Rock, Michigan, where the fabled pony car is now built.
A parade of 54 Mustangs, one from each year the car has been sold during the past half century since it debuted at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City was organized in the parking lot in front of Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.
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As the Mustang owners sipped coffee and munched on donuts, they talked about how much their lives intertwined with the car and its storied history that includes a starring role in more movies than any other vehicle. (more…)
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New deal includes raises and lump-sum payments.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jul.30, 2018
Daimler Trucks North America reached a new six-year deal with its 6,000 hourly workers in the U.S.
Daimler AG and the United Auto Workers confirmed workers have approved a new six-year labor contract that covers more than 6,000 employees in the United States.
“Daimler Trucks North America is very pleased that UAW members at six of our U.S. manufacturing and distribution locations have voted to ratify new collective bargaining agreements,” Daimler AG said in a statement.
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“The agreements represent the continuation of a long and fruitful relationship between the UAW and DTNA, and we are proud to renew our partnership with them for another six years.” (more…)
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Investigators nab former Holiefield assistant.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jul.24, 2018
Nancy Adams Johnson, right, is the highest ranking UAW official to plead guilty in the ongoing investigation into the theft of UAW-FCA training funds.
The highest-ranking United Auto Workers official implicated in a federal corruption investigation into the misuse of funds for a joint UAW-Fiat Chrysler Automobiles initiative pleaded guilty to felony.
Nancy Adams Johnson, a former top official in the UAW’s FCA Department, pleaded guilty to violating federal statutes prohibiting union officials from receiving cash or other emoluments from any employer. Adams Johnson also agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors looking into the misuse of training funds, but still could face up to 18 months in prison.
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While unelected, Adams Johnson’s appointment as the top assistant first to the late UAW Vice President General Holiefield and later UAW Vice President Norwood Jewel makes her the highest ranked UAW official implicated. She was also a member of the joint training center’s board of directors. (more…)
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UAW lone dissenter, seeks targeted tariffs.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jul.19, 2018
Representatives from six auto groups testified at a U.S. Department of Commerce public hearing against new tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump.
With one exception – the UAW – the automotive industry is prepared to take a united stand against tariffs as the U.S. Department of Commerce holds a one-day public hearing on a Trump administration proposal to levy 25% tariffs on imported automobiles in the name of national security.
Seven associations representing almost 10 million jobs across the auto sector in the U.S. have joined together to urge the White House to not impose higher tariffs on imported autos and auto parts.
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“Raising tariffs on autos and auto parts would be a massive tax on consumers who buy or service their vehicles – whether imported or domestically produced. These higher costs will inevitably lead to declining sales and the loss of American jobs, as well as an increase in vehicle service and repair costs that may result in consumers delaying critical vehicle maintenance,” said the groups in an open letter to President Donald Trump. (more…)
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Morgan also paying 100K in restitution.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jul.16, 2018
Monica Morgan, the widow of former UAW VP General Holiefield, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for her role in the FCA-UAW scandal.
The widow of a former top United Auto Workers official was sentenced to 18 months in jail for tax evasion uncovered during a federal investigation of the illicit diversion from training funds set up jointly by the UAW and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.
Monica Morgan, 55, the widow of General Holiefield, the late UAW Vice President, who was at the center of the training-center scandal, was handed the jail time by a federal judge in Detroit.
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Holiefield headed the UAW’s Chrysler Department from 2006 until his retirement in 2014 and has been described by FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne as critical to the company’s comeback. Holiefield died in 2015. (more…)
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Fiat, Juventus owned by same company — that can't pay raises to union.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jul.13, 2018
Unione Sindicale di Base, the union representing workers at the Fiat plant in Melf, Italy, are protesting the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo.
(This story has been updated.)
The World Cup will be decided this weekend but Italian auto workers are threatening to go on strike at a Fiat plant in Southern Italy over the Agnelli family’s decision to pay the equivalent $117 million for the services one of soccer’s superstars.
The Italian club, Juventus, which is owned by Exor, the Agnelli family’s holding company which also owns Fiat, signed Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo to a contract, stealing him away from Real Madrid, the high-profile club for which he played for the past nine seasons.
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Exor own 29.1% of Fiat’s shares and 64% of Juventus, which like other major European football franchises has exploded in value during the past decade and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne also serves on Exor’s board. (more…)
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South Korean union contract calls for closure of foreign plants first.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jul.13, 2018
Hyundai's plant in Montgomery, Alabama, could be impacted severely by a 25% tariff on imported vehicles by the Trump administration.
Up until now, China, Mexico, Canada and Germany have all been at the heart of unfolding controversy about trade and tariffs.
But a new report also suggests that tariffs could destabilize manufacturing base that the South Korean auto giant, Hyundai, has developed in Alabama.
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The South Korean labor union at Hyundai Motors has warned that the 25% tariff on autos being imported into the United States being considered by the Trump administration could jeopardize as many as 20,000 jobs in Alabama. (more…)
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Union notes that second shift at Lordstown plant was just cut.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jun.25, 2018
The new Chevy Blazer will hit showrooms early next year and will be built in Mexico.
The United Auto Workers wasted no time attacking General Motors’ plans to build the 2019 Chevrolet Blazer in Mexico.
GM’s confirmation the new Blazer would be built in Mexico came just as blue-collar workers assigned to the second shift at the automaker’s assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio were completing their last day of work before being idled by the company’s decision to reduce production of the Chevrolet Cruze.
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“This news that the iconic Blazer nameplate will be built in Mexico is disappointing to UAW families and communities across this country,” said UAW Vice President Terry Dittes, who is now in charge of the union’s GM Department. Dittes took over the GM Department following the union’s constitutional convention earlier this month. (more…)
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Estrada moved from GM to FCA.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jun.15, 2018
UAW former GM VP Cindy Estrada was part of an investigation by federal officials about the potential misuse of union funds. She now heads up FCA.
In one of his first moves, Gary Jones, the newly elected United Auto Workers president, tapped three new vice presidents to handle day-to-day relations and negotiations with Detroit three auto workers, and the choices included a few surprises.
Jones shifted Cindy Estrada from the General Motors Department, the first woman to head what has been long regarded the union’s flagship department, to lead negotiations at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. Department.
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Jones said he selected Estrada for Fiat Chrysler because the work force is younger and more technically savvy then their counterparts at GM and Ford, which have not hired as many new employees as FCA. (more…)
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Officers get 31% raise after rank-and-file gets dues hike.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jun.15, 2018
Newly elected UAW President Gary Jones acknowledges the crowd at the union's quadrennial meeting.
The United Auto Workers installed a new president this week as Gary Jones replaced Dennis Williams in the corner office at union headquarters in Solidarity House in Detroit.
During its quadrennial Constitutional Convention, the union also installed a new Secretary Treasurer, Ray Curry, and one new vice president Rory Gamble.
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Jones had been part of the UAW’s financial staff at union headquarters during for several years before returning to his home region in the western United States to serve two terms as a regional director and as a member of the union’s executive board before becoming the candidate of the union’s administration caucus, which controls all of the levers of power inside the union. (more…)
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