Auto Union and GM Move Closer to Ending Monthlong Strike
The United Auto Workers and General Motors on Wednesday reached a tentative four-year labor agreement to end the longest automaker strike since 1970 and the first in 12 years.
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GM-UAW Talks Take Turn for Worse; Settlement Not Near
Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in an email to members.
Read moreAuto Workers Get $250 Checks as GM Strike Enters Third Week
The United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors has stretched into its third week with no end in sight, as some workers who applied for a union-sponsored supplemental weekly payment of $250 received their first check Tuesday.
Read moreAuto Union Blasts GM for Using Temporary Workers
General Motors has breached a labor contract by continuing to employ temporary workers at its Indiana auto factory instead of laid-off unionized workers from an Ohio plant, their labor union claims in court.
Read moreGM Vaults Two More Ignition-Switch Lawsuits
Burnishing a largely unbroken record over an ignition-switch defect that led to the recall of millions of cars, General Motors ended 2017 with two more court wins.
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General Motors Inks $120M Deal on Ignition-Switch Fiasco
Having already paid $900 million to settle U.S. claims over its installation of faulty ignition switches, General Motors inked a $120 million deal Thursday with 49 states and the District of Columbia.
Read moreJury Clears GM in Arizona Ignition-Switch Suit
Burnishing a largely unbroken record at trial, General Motors swatted away another ignition-switch liabilities lawsuit on Wednesday, as a federal jury rejected the case of an Arizona fender-bender.
Read moreLaw Firm Not Liable for $1.5B Loan Gaffe
Entities that lent General Motors $1.5 billion before it went bankrupt cannot sue GM’s law firm, Mayer Brown, for accidentally cancelling the collateral on the loan, the Seventh Circuit ruled.
Read moreArizona Driver Revs Up Next GM Ignition-Switch Trial
Facing possible billion-dollar liability in its ignition-switch scandal, General Motors received another legal setback on Tuesday as a federal judge set the stage Tuesday for a “bellwether” trial that involves a 2014 collision in Arizona.
Read moreSupreme Court Turns Away GM Appeal Over Ignition Switches
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from General Motors Co. seeking to block dozens of lawsuits over faulty ignition switches that one plaintiffs’ attorney said could expose the company to billions of dollars in additional claims.
Read moreGM Halts Operations in Venezuela After Factory Is Seized
General Motors has stopped doing business in Venezuela after authorities took control of its only factory there in what GM called an illegal judicial seizure of its assets.
Read moreDealer Beats GM in Battle Over Franchise Agreement
Hewing to New York’s highest court, the Second Circuit on Thursday revived claims that General Motors has an “unreasonable” system of punishing franchises for low sales numbers.
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General Motors sold cars equipped with defective engines from 2010 to 2013 that caused excessive oil consumption and engine failure, a class claims in Minnesota federal court.
Read moreFeds Advise on Venue for Thorny Maritime Antitrust Battle
Intervening in an antitrust dispute between automakers and the companies they use to ship cars overseas, federal regulators urged the Third Circuit to revive the case.
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