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<title><![CDATA[Tenn. Trying to Lure Fiat HQ (6/18/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:58:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[State approaches Marchionne about Chrysler-Fiat HQ, report says; European sales setback; Honda, Ford put robots to the test.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM: Labor costs must be cut to save Australia plants]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:34:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, Australia (Bloomberg) -- General Motors' Holden unit and its labor unions will begin talks to reduce costs enough to keep its Australian plants viable, a month after Ford Motor Co. said it will stop making cars locally. "Every single option is on the table," Mike Devereux, Holden ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India's Apollo Tyres to buy Cooper Tire for $2.5 billion]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:57:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GURGAON, India -- India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. is buying Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. in an all-cash deal valued at $2.5 billion, or about a 40-percent premium over the 30-day average price of Cooper's stock. The combination of the Nos. 16 and 11 tire makers worldwide will create an entity with roughly ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India's Apollo Tyres to buy Cooper Tire for $2.5 billion]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:57:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GURGAON, India -- India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. is buying Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. in an all-cash deal valued at $2.5 billion, or about a 40-percent premium over the 30-day average price of Cooper's stock. The combination of the Nos. 16 and 11 tire makers worldwide will create an entity with roughly ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM share sale highlights U.S. auto revival as an economic pillar]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:13:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration's decision to sell more of its stake in General Motors Co. underscores the resurgence of a domestic auto industry that emerged from near-collapse to become a pillar of economic growth. The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it will sell 30 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM shares return to $33 IPO price on optimism for truck sales]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Shares in General Motors topped its $33 initial public offering price for the first time in more than two years as the automaker prepares to introduce redesigned full-sized pickups. GM shares closed up $1.03, or 3.2 percent, at $33.42 in New York Stock Exchange trading today ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UAW membership nudges upward for 3rd straight year]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:29:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The UAW's membership rolls grew slightly in 2012 as the auto industry rebounded, even though the union did not achieve its longstanding goal of organizing a major auto factory in the South. The UAW had 382,513 members at the end of 2012, according to the union's annual regulatory filing Thursday with the U.S. Labor Department. That is up 0.4 percent over 2011, but still low by historic standards for a union that had 701,818 members as recently as 2001 and more than 1.5 million members at its peak in 1979. It is the third consecutive year the union's membership ranks have increased. The tally does not include workers who have been organized but have not yet finished bargaining their first contract, or those who have not yet signed membership cards, the UAW said. With those members included, the number of workers would be above 400,000. The Detroit 3, which account for the bulk of the union's membership, have rehired and added factory workers in recent years as industry sales and output have rebounded from the 2008-09 downturn. "UAW membership continues on a steady path of recovery, even in the face of concerted attacks on workers and collective bargaining," UAW President Bob King said in a statement. Organizing woes The union's membership has dwindled and remained low in recent years as the auto industry -- notably the Detroit 3 and suppliers -- has contracted. Meanwhile, the UAW has struggled to organize automotive plants run by Asian and European automakers. Many of these plants are in the South, where workers are typically wary of labor unions. King, who has said the union must recruit more members to ensure its long-term survival, has tried using new tactics -- such as softening some of its stances on international trade -- in an effort to break the impasse. "Our commitment to our core values has not changed," he said during a 2010 speech that outlined his goals for a new model of organized labor. "Our strategies to achieve these core values must change to be effective in the new world we live in." This year the union has focused on organizing efforts at Nissan Motor Co.'s U.S. plants, including a Canton, Miss., assembly plant. Last month, union representatives met with workers from Nissan's plant in Smyrna, Tenn., signaling another attempt to organize the plant, The Tennessean reported. In 1989 and 2001 workers at the Smyrna plant conducted a vote on whether to join the UAW and rejected the union by a 2-to-1 margin. Volkswagen plant Despite its struggles to organize assembly plants in the South, the UAW may be on the verge of a breakthrough. Volkswagen AG is consulting with the union about setting up a German-style labor council at VW's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., the company's human resources boss, Horst Neumann, recently told reporters in Wolfsburg, Germany. In a statement on Neumann's remarks, which were first reported by Automotive News, King said the works council model may fit into the UAW's vision for the organized labor movement. "The UAW is very interested in the specific model that VW wants to present in the months ahead, and we are looking forward to open, fair and respectful dialogue," he said in the statement. There is no guarantee, however, that participating in a works council would end up advancing the UAW's membership rolls. Under the model common in Germany, workers could elect to be represented by the UAW; they could also elect a different union or opt to represent themselves without aid from a national union. "The representatives of the employees will be determined by the employees," Volkswagen of America CEO Jonathan Browning told reporters Wednesday at the New York auto show. "That does not necessarily mean the UAW." However, the company concedes that U.S. law would require Volkswagen's workers to have the choice of joining at least one union. And so far, VW has not held discussions with any other union, Neumann said. The UAW also has historic ties with VW. The union used to bargain for workers at the German automaker's assembly plant in Westmoreland, Penn., which built vehicles such as the Golf, Rabbit, GTI and Jetta before it closed in 1988.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Toyota salary bonus is highest since 2008]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:34:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. approved the biggest salary bonus in five years as a weakening yen boosts the value of exports, helping the world's largest automaker project the highest profit since 2008. Toyota agreed to a union proposal for a 2013 average bonus of about 2.05 million yen ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UAW's King juggles diversification, southern strategy]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:18:52 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Reuters) -- UAW President Bob King says he has finally begun to stem the decades-long membership decline in one of America's most powerful labor unions, but his goal of organizing at least one foreign-owned automaker in the South continues to elude him. King, 66, who is slated to step down ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM expects Opel labor deal soon]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:02:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BARCELONA (Reuters) -- General Motors believes it can strike a deal in the next few days with German labor unions over a restructuring of its money-losing European arm Opel, GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky said on Monday. "We hope that we can reach a deal by the end of the month," said Girsky, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UAW, Michigan unions to protest 'right-to-work' measures this week]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:23:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama finding what's good for GM not so good for taxpayers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:20:12 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- The General Motors bailout played an important role in the re-election of President Barack Obama, who stumped on the issue in Midwestern swing states. Now comes the hard part: unloading the government's stake, probably at a big loss. GM received $51 billion from the U.S. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM badly lags Ford in Europe restructuring]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:05:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS/DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co, which clung to the road with a timely swerve before the 2009 crisis that bankrupted General Motors Co, may now be pulling a similar stunt in Europe. Ford is scrapping three European plants and thousands of jobs while its rival appears to be stuck on the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[French minister: PSA should cut in Spain, not just in France]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:40:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) -- France's industry ministry is pressing PSA to limit the impact of a domestic restructuring set to claim 8,000 jobs, by shifting part of the cuts burden to Spain. Arnaud Montebourg, industrial renewal minister, was expected to raise the issue in talks on Thursday with ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford hopes to woo back Mondeo Man with Aston Martin styling]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- In the 1990s, Ford's Mondeo was the company car of choice in Europe. Roomy, comfortable and conservative, it was the perfect set of wheels for mid-level executives, who became known as "Mondeo Men." Not any more. As the European economic collapse has caused car sales to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford sees 'Mondeo Men' comeback with help from Aston Martin]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:36:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- For decades, Ford Motor Co.'s Mondeo was the company car of choice in Europe. Roomy, comfortable and conservative, it was the perfect set of wheels for mid-level executives, who became known as "Mondeo Men." Not anymore. As the European economic collapse has caused car sales ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weight Loss, Dealer's Gain (9/4/12)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:39:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dealership workers shed pounds and gain productivity, tee time for VW Golf, Hyundai deal approved, how Saab lost its head.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Europe's carmakers prepare for Detroit-style cuts]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:35:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) -- Europe's volume carmakers are returning from summer breaks ready to get back to business and prepared to shut plants and lay off staff in what many see as an overdue push to cut costs as their U.S. counterparts did three years ago. In 2009, when the United States rescued General ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Renault's Korean unit to shed jobs as sales slump]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:12:27 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) -- The South Korean unit of French carmaker Renault said on Friday it will launch a voluntary redundancy program, its first ever, as it grapples with slumping sales both at home and abroad. Renault Samsung did not disclose a target for work force reductions but a media report said ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM is on target with Opel turnaround plan, CEO Akerson says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MUNICH -- General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said an agreement between management and German labor unions on restructuring the automaker's Opel unit is expected in the autumn. Akerson said GM has made progress with unions on all the key components of a plan to improve productivity, reduce costs and cut ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VW threatens to quit ACEA over spat with Marchionne]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group threatened to leave European auto industry group ACEA in response to comments by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne about VW's pricing strategy. The threat highlights the rising tensions in the industry as vehicle sales slump in Europe. Marchionne said VW is being too aggressive ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VW demands Marchionne step down as chief of Europe trade group]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:31:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BERLIN -- German automaker Volkswagen rebuffed accusations about waging an unfair price war in Europe by demanding that Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne step down as chairman of European auto trade group ACEA. Marchionne, who is also head of Chrysler, said this week Volkswagen was being too aggressive in ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrysler’s Golden Gain (7/20/12)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:49:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Look who's leading the winners in California sales this year; Craftsman mentality for U.S.-built Acura supercar; Lapham: What Mazda needs]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford could join rivals in closing European factory]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:25:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. is under pressure to close at least one factory in Europe as overseas losses reduce total profit at the U.S. automaker. While layoffs and plant closures are difficult in Europe, GM and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen announced plans to do just that in the past ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford could join rivals in closing European factory]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:25:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. is under pressure to close at least one factory in Europe as overseas losses reduce total profit at the U.S. automaker. While layoffs and plant closures are difficult in Europe,andnbsp;General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen announced plans to do ...]]></description>
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