UAW leaders approve proposed labor contract with GM
United Auto Workers leaders have approved a proposed contract with General Motors Co. that promises raises, improvements in health care and a hefty signing bonus.
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UAW, General Motors reach contract agreement
The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Co. have reached a last-minute tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, avoiding a strike for now.
UPDATE: UAW passes new labor contract with Fiat Chrysler
Workers overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract in voting that ended Wednesday night. UAW represents more than 7,000 Fiat Chrysler workers in central Indiana.
Fiat Chrysler avoids strike with new tentative contract
The union announced the agreement just after 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, which was the deadline the union had set to reach a new deal or possibly go on strike.
Fiat Chrysler, UAW still bargaining as strike threat looms
The UAW represents around 40,000 factory workers in the United States. More than 7,000 of those employees work in Kokomo.
Nearly two-thirds of UAW members reject Fiat Chrysler deal
Fiat Chrysler employs about 7,100 UAW workers in Kokomo who voted against the proposed contract by a wide margin.
Allison Transmission workers approve labor contracts
More than 1,500 hourly workers in Indianapolis ratified new five-year contracts, the automotive supplier announced Thursday.
Allison Transmission, union reach tentative agreement
Members of United Auto Workers Local 933 must vote in favor of the five-year collective bargaining agreements before they would go into effect.
Chrysler workers in Indiana approve contract
Workers at Chrysler's largest United Auto Workers local, Local 685 in Kokomo, have voted in favor of a new four-year contract.
Chrysler, UAW agree on new contract
The new four-year contract, which still must be ratified by workers, would create 2,100 jobs. Chrysler also agreed to invest $4.5 billion in its plants under the deal. Last year, the automaker announced plans to spend nearly $1.3 billion to update its facilities in Kokomo.
UAW extends GM, Chrysler pacts after deadline passes
The decision has little impact on the thousands of Indiana GM and Chrysler workers. As part of 2009 government bailouts, the two firms and their workers had to agree not to strike over wages.
GM winding down operations at local metal-stamping plant
More than half of hourly employees have already retired or accepted transfers to other GM facilities.
Rolls-Royce, union strike deal as competition looms
Competition from a new, state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce factory in Virginia drove contract talks in Indianapolis between the company and a union representing 1,700 of its workers here.
Unions looking to make Hoosier comeback
Indiana could be on the front line in the United Auto Workers’ campaign to unionize foreign-owned plants.
Local GM stamping plant layoffs to begin next month
It’s official: General Motors will begin shutting down its Indianapolis metal-stamping plant Jan. 28, with an initial wave of layoffs that will cost 75 workers their jobs.
UAW rejects pay cuts; local GM plant could close
Union employees at General Motors' Indianapolis metal-stamping plant have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed pay cut that would have kept the facility open.
Indy metal-stamping plant faces many hurdles
Persuading workers at General Motors' Indianapolis metal-stamping plant to accept a pay cut would be a feat, but it won't be the last challenge that JD Norman Industries would face.
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.
EDITORIAL: GM dispute deserves vote
It’s puzzling to us that leaders of the United
Auto Workers Local 23 are against members even casting a vote on the proposed takeover of GM’s Indianapolis metal-stamping plant by Illinois-based J.D.
Norman Industries.
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.