DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union is accusing General Motors of violating a national contract by using temporary workers instead of employing full-timers who were laid off from its factories.
January 3, 2019GM
Business, Logistics
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Union Sues GM, Says Laid-off Workers Should Replace Temps
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Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous
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GM to Lay Off Nearly 15,000 Workers
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DETROIT — General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures to cut costs and focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles.
November 26, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
Michigan Municipal League
How General Motors Became a Force in Autonomous Sector
Michigan Municipal League
GM Cruise is running neck-and-neck with Waymo, a subsidiary of Google, to be first to bring fully autonomous cars to market. The two companies are considered the leaders in a crowded field, and San Francisco is the proving grounds to refine the technology.
July 19, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, TCA
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General Motors Says Self-Driving Taxi Fleets Coming in 2019
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Big fleets of robot taxis — with no backup drivers — from General Motors could hit the streets of San Francisco and other cities in less than two years, the company said Nov. 30.
December 1, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Michigan Municipal League
GM President Dismisses Hype About $30 Billion Self-Driving Tech Spinoff
Michigan Municipal League
General Motors Co. shot down speculation that it’ll spin off its business units working on self-driving vehicles and car-sharing, which one analyst has estimated could be worth as much as $30 billion.
October 17, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
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GM Buys Lidar Startup Strobe to Accelerate Self-Driving Cars
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General Motors announced Oct. 9 that it is buying Strobe, a Pasadena startup that makes lidar, a laser-based sensor that most autonomous vehicles use to see the world around them.
October 9, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
TruckPR
Kenworth Makes Bendix Wingman Medium-Duty Option
TruckPR
The Bendix Wingman Advanced collision mitigation system now is available for order as an option for Kenworth Truck Co.'s T270 and T370 medium-duty trucks, the truck maker said.
December 21, 2016
Business
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GM Profit Beats Expectations on Strong Truck Sales
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
General Motors Co. reported third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as strong light-truck sales in the United States and stable operations in China produced a record $3.1 billion in adjusted earnings before interest and taxes.
October 21, 2015
Business
GM’s Second-Quarter Almost Doubles
General Motors Co.’s second-quarter profit almost doubled on rising U.S. sales, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
August 4, 2011
Business
GM’s China Sales Surpass U.S. for First Time
General Motors Co. sold more cars and trucks in China last year than in the United States for the first time in the company’s history, the Associated Press reported.
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