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United Auto Workers
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401(k) Retirement Plans for GM Workers?
Yahoo! News (via Reuters) is reporting that:General Motors Corp (GM.N) would give new union members 401(k)-style retirement plans instead of traditional pensions for the first time under a proposed United…
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Secunda Quoted on GM-UAW Negotiations
Congratulations to our own Paul Secunda, who was quoted in an Associated Press article distributed late yesterday afternoon. The article so far has been picked up by CNNMoney.com and the…
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UAW and GM Bargain On
If for no other reason than to push Rick and my mugs down the page a little bit, here is the latest news on the negotiations between the United Autoworkers…
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VEBAs Come to the Auto Unions
Kaisnernetwork.org has an update on the labor negotiations between Ford and GM and the United Autoworkers. Although there are many interesting things about these labor negotiations given the state of…
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Minority Unions?
Steven Greenhouse at the New York Times is reporting on the efforts of various unions to convince the NLRB to order employers to bargain with minority unions. This effort has…
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6th Cir. Approves UAW Retiree Healthcare Settlement
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has approved the settlement agreement between the UAW, GM, and Ford over outstanding retiree healthcare benefit obligations. In UAW v. General Motors (6th Cir.…
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DaimlerChrysler’s Information Gap
DaimlerChrysler AG, is a German company, and though it is listed on the New York Stock Exchange it is governed by more-relaxed SEC rules governing "foreign private issuers". We are…
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Chrysler and the UAW
The New York Times has a story on the UAW's interesting stance on the proposed purchase of Chrysler by Cerberus, a private equity firm. Ron Gettelfinger, the UAW president, had…
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Daimler Agrees to Sell Chrysler
DaimlerChrysler today announced an agreement to sell an 80.1% stake in Chrysler to the private equity group Cerberus Capital Management. The transaction is structured as follows: an affiliate of private…
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Chrysler Sold to Cerberus?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Cerberus Capital Management is the winning bidder in the auction for Chrysler (though others are reporting the winner is Magna and Onex;…