Ford laying off 249 at doomed east-side steering plant
Ford Motor Co. is continuing the process of shutting down a subsidiary’s east-side steering plant, filing a notice with the state that it intends to lay off 249 employees around Nov. 19.
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Subaru of Indiana adds to permanent work force
Subaru expects higher production volumes at its Lafayette plant to last well into the future and it is converting 100 temporary positions to permanent status.
Cummins awarded $6.9 million Army contract
The three-year deal calls for the Columbus, Ind.-based diesel engine manufacturer to develop a power train that improves efficiency by reducing fuel consumption and noise, and can run on a wide range of fuels and fuel mixtures.
JD Norman reaching GM workers through mail
The UAW’s regional office appears to be arranging a contract vote by mail-in ballot. Word on the shop floor is that a ballot will accompany a new proposal, which includes $70,000 cash for union members who work for JD Norman for two years. The offer is double the amount in a previous proposal.
Would-be buyer urging GM workers to vote on pay cuts
A businessman seeking to buy General Motors Co.'s Indianapolis metal-stamping plant met with workers Sunday at Lucas Oil
Stadium to urge them to accept pay cuts allowing the sale.
JD Norman boss stumps for UAW to reconsider contract
The owner of Illinois-based JD Norman Industries came to Indianapolis to make a personal plea for United Auto Workers Local
23 to allow a vote on his proposed five-year contract.
Prospective GM plant buyer pleads case in advertisement
JD Norman Industries advertisement tells employees that its proposal to buy the plant would guarantee
their GM transfer rights without having to close the facility.
UAW halts vote on giveback deal at Indy GM plant
UAW Local 23 bargaining chairman Gregory Clark says members won’t vote on the proposed contract, which would cut base wages from $29 per hour to $15.50.
Cash options floated for workers at GM stamping plant
Fliers circulating at General Motors' Indianapolis plant show that union members will be offered cash payments of $25,000
to $35,000 and an opportunity to keep a foot in the door with GM, if they agree to work for JD Norman Industries.
GM plant offer sets off union power struggle
The UAW in Detroit said Local 23 will vote Monday on Illinois-based JD Norman's proposal to buy an Indianapolis stamping
plant where more than 600 work, but a local rep says workers don't want to negotiate.
Remy to supply motors for all-electric Equinox
Remy International on Tuesday signed a contract with Cincinnati-based Advanced Mechanical Products Inc. to supply motors
for
an all-electric version of the Chevrolet Equinox.
Upstart automaker Bright faces tough road in competitive niche
Two years after Bright Automotive was founded, the prospect of thousands of Indiana factory workers cranking out Bright’s
100-mile-per-gallon “IDEA” delivery vans by 2012 seems dim.
Kokomo GM plant ‘assessing’ business operations
GM spokesman Kevin Nadrowski says officials at the Kokomo Integrated Circuit Fab plant met with 375 workers Wednesday to
say they're "assessing the business model at the plant based on recent business developments."
Cummins’ profit rises on strong overseas sales
Columbus-based diesel engine manufacturer raised its full-year earnings forecast after second quarter profit rose to $246
million.
Local union boss on GM talks: ‘They’re forcing this upon us’
Negotiations for wage cuts meant to grease the sale of a General Motors stamping plant slated for closure will proceed over
public protest of 650 local union
workers.
UPDATE: Stamping plant suitor gets time to negotiate
There’s more time for Illinois-based JD Norman Industries to hammer out a deal to buy a General Motors stamping plant
in Indianapolis, potentially saving hundreds of local jobs.
Union leaders meeting with GM plant bidder
United Auto Workers official Maurice "Mo" Davison is making one last attempt
to put a deal together for a Chicago-area firm to buy the General Motors stamping plant southwest of downtown Indianapolis,
which is slated to close in 2011.
GM’s deal to sell Indianapolis factory in doubt
A state official says General Motors could scuttle plans to sell an Indianapolis stamping plant marked for closing unless
a local union agrees to consider pay cuts.
Toyota adding 100 workers at Indiana factory
The hiring follows Toyota’s announcement this month that it would move some of its Highlander SUV production from Japan to
the Princeton plant.
GM keeping Fort Wayne plant open all summer
The automaker will keep open nine of 11 assembly plants—including one in Fort Wayne—to make 56,000 more vehicles
that are in high demand, such as the Buick LaCrosse luxury sedan and the Chevrolet Traverse large crossover vehicle.