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Delegates to the United Auto Workers convention have voted to raise dues by 25 percent to shore up the union's finances, the first increase in 47 years.
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Read More »GM records its highest profit ever in 2011: $7.6 billion
DETROIT — General Motors earned its largest profit ever in 2011, two years after it nearly collapsed into financial ruin. Strong sales in the U.S. and China helped the 103-year-old carmaker turn a profit of $7.6 billion, beating its old ...
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Read More »Chrysler-UAW talks break for a day without deal
WARREN, Mich. — Union leaders from Chrysler facilities around the country assembled in a Detroit suburb Monday expecting to hear details of a new four-year contract with the company. Instead, they were told to wait for a couple of days. ...
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Read More »Ford to add 5,750 U.S. jobs as part of new contract
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will add 5,750 jobs and invest $4.8 billion in its U.S. factories as part of a new contract deal with the United Auto Workers union. The four-year deal was reached early ...
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Read More »AP Source: GM’s costs rise little in new UAW pact
DETROIT — General Motors Co.’s shares rose Monday on news that the company’s new contract with the United Auto Workers union will bring only a minimal increase in recurring costs for the automaker. The tentative agreement, reached late Friday, includes ...
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