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DealBreaker (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Why does General Motors take it up the tailpipe? You could probably come up with at least handful of reasons, but at a breakfast hosted by Fortune this morning, Steve Rattner wanted to highlight one in particular. Over bagels and lox, the retired Car Czar, who last month was finally able to get it off his chest that automaker's PowerPoint presentations were for shit, said that the higher-ups took...
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Former “car czar” Steven Rattner continued his personal PR tour today, defending Washington's car bail-outs and again slamming General Motors. Some highlights from Rattner's interview this morning with Fortune’s top editor, Andy Serwer: When Serwer asked if government control of the auto industry could be seen as “creeping socialism,” Rattner replied: “We were not...
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thoughts from podunk (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The majority of the American people understand, according to this Associated Press POLL: Tax the rich to pay for health bill , that the wealth they have created, they have not been able to share in by way of benefiting from socially necessary and universal social programs like health care--- and this has got to change. This is called redistributing the wealth through progressive taxation. I find it...
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AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
More than 5,100 members of the Transport Workers (TWU) ended their strike in Philadelphia this morning, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,200 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work . NEGOTIATIONS...
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Glick Report (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This morning in a First on Fox Business I spoke to Ron Gettelfinger ,the UAW (United Auto Workers) president, about the UAW's vote against a deal with Ford. As you may recall on October 14th in a blog entitled, "Gettelfinger on Details of the UAW's Contract with Ford," I called the deal "lousy" for Ford [...]
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, in an interview with Fox Business, acknowledged that UAW members were fatigued from ratifying prior agreements and that UAW leadership didn't effectively sell a proposal that was overwhelmingly rejected by members over the past two weeks.
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Detroit News Online (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said "fatigue" from givebacks by Ford Motor Co. workers caused them to soundly reject proposed changes to their labor contract.
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habser | 11/03/2009
The union members of Ford Motor Co. voted down a concessions agreement over the weekend. Since UAW President Ron Gettelfinger has said that he will not continue bargaining and will be opting out for a re-vote then Ford be forced to wait for formal changes in 2011 when the current contract expires.
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The Rougblog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
If you operated a business that has struggled to make a profit for a number of years and had in the interim been hemorrhaging billions, what would you do given the circumstances that have transpired in the past week? First, you managed to turn a $1 billion profit for the third quarter buoyed in large measure by the Cash for Clunkers program. (This sounds like a ton of money until it is compared to...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union has no plans to seek a new vote if workers reject a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co, or to resume talks with the automaker, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said on Friday.
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Fact-esque (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Ron Gettelfinger, UAW's Pres, talked tough last year, banging his fist on the podium at the annual meeting and shouting "No More Concessions!" Almost as soon at that conference was over, Gettelfinger negotiated a series of sweeping concessions at Chrysler...
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Cracker Squire (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
From The New York Times : Many workers at the Ford Motor Company are signaling that they are unwilling to help the automaker cut its labor costs further, by voting against what would be the third round of concessions in the last two years. Ford, the only one of the three Detroit automakers to avoid bankruptcy this year, says it needs the modifications to remain competitive with General Motors and Chrysler,...
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The Auto Prophet (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
This morning on Paul W. Smith's morning talk show (AM760), Ron Gettelfinger was a guest. Paul W. tried to extract comments from Gettelfinger about Fiat's leaked plans to kill off some badly noncompetitive Chrysler and Dodge products, and the risk that this plan may hold for UAW employment. Gettelfinger, as carefully spoken as ever, did not take the bait, and openly praised Sergio Marchionne instead....
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
92% of factory workers for Ford (F) in Missouri have voted against concessions which would have put them in line with those of the United Auto Workers (UAW). This was a deal that even UAW leaders had supported promoted, to no avail. While Ford has avoided bankruptcy thus far, these workers pushing their luck and ignoring the economic realities of their employer. Bloomberg: The concessions are the...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger says opponents of the union's deal with Ford Motor Co. are putting out misinformation to get members to vote against it.
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habser | 11/03/2009
The union members of Ford Motor Co. voted down a concessions agreement over the weekend. Since UAW President Ron Gettelfinger has said that he will not continue bargaining and will be opting out for a re-vote then Ford be forced to wait for formal changes in 2011 when the current contract expires.
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