Plans to build a $2.3 billion electric battery assembly plant near General Motors Corp.’s shuttered automobile plant in Lordstown, Ohio, will be reviewed during a March 12 public hearing in Lordstown.
February 26, 2020General Motors
Government, Business, TCA
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Army Corps to Hold Hearing on Proposed Battery Plant at Lordstown, Ohio
Maddie McGarvey/Bloomberg News
Business, Technology, Safety
The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, GM's most popular U.S. vehicle, is included in this recall. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)
GM Recalls Pickups for Second Time on Software Glitch
The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, GM's most popular U.S. vehicle, is included in this recall. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)
General Motors is recalling about 162,000 full-size pickup trucks worldwide for a second time because of faulty brake control software that was installed in a recall from last year.
February 7, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous
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GM’s Cruise to Unveil Its First Autonomous Vehicle
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The vehicle Cruise has been developing along with GM is a purpose-built electric, autonomous model designed to be more spacious and passenger-friendly than a conventional, human-driven car.
January 21, 2020
Business, Equipment
General Motors workers enter and exit a polling station. A new contract was ratified, ending a strike that began Sept. 16. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Associated Press
General Motors Workers Ratify Contract, 40-Day Strike to End
General Motors workers enter and exit a polling station. A new contract was ratified, ending a strike that began Sept. 16. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Associated Press
ROMULUS, Mich. — Striking General Motors factory workers will put down their picket signs after approving a new contract that will end a 40-day strike that paralyzed the company’s U.S. production.
October 25, 2019
Business, Logistics
General Motors CEO Mary Barra (Bryan Mitchell/Bloomberg News)
GM Losing Patience With UAW Over Nearly Monthlong Strike
General Motors CEO Mary Barra (Bryan Mitchell/Bloomberg News)
General Motors Co.’s chief labor negotiator suggested the United Auto Workers is dragging its feet in responding to the automaker’s latest contract offer in a show of frustration with a strike that’s lumbering toward the one-month mark.
October 11, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
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GM Factory Hands Making 40% Less Than Their Coworkers
Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg News
The future of temps has been among the major impasses contributing to the United Auto Workers union’s strike against GM, now in its 25th day.
October 10, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
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GM Strike Seen Forcing Credit Firms to Mull Action
Brittany Greeson/Bloomberg News
The United Auto Workers union’s strike against General Motors Co. may force credit raters to take action and move the company closer to junk status, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
October 9, 2019
Government, Business
Galvanized steel coils await shipment at ArcelorMittal Steel's hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio. (Mark Duncan/Associated Press)
GM Strike Sends Another Knock to Wobbly US Steel Sector
Galvanized steel coils await shipment at ArcelorMittal Steel's hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio. (Mark Duncan/Associated Press)
With its midyear recovery already in doubt, the American steel industry now has a little more to worry about with each passing day a strike drags on at General Motors Co.
October 8, 2019
Business
Charles Cooke, a 20-year employee, pickets outside the General Motors Fabrication Division on Oct. 4, 2019, in Parma, Ohio. (Tony Dejak/Associated Press)
Union Says Talks With GM Have ‘Taken a Turn for the Worse’
Charles Cooke, a 20-year employee, pickets outside the General Motors Fabrication Division on Oct. 4, 2019, in Parma, Ohio. (Tony Dejak/Associated Press)
The strike at General Motors Co. entered its fourth week with the United Auto Workers union and the carmaker at an impasse over investment in U.S. factories, overshadowing progress made in recent days on other key issues.
October 7, 2019
Business
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GM and Ford Can’t Shake Anguish Over US Sales
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
General Motors Co. posted a quarterly sales gain, and Ford Motor Co. sales fell less than expected. But both are having trouble shrugging off concerns that the U.S. auto market is taking a turn for the worse.
October 2, 2019