Chrysler
1,100 GM Dealerships Closing in U.S.
May 15, 2009General Motors on Friday told about 1,100 of its dealers, some 20 per cent of the total number, will be closed by late next year. Dealers across the nation are awaiting word from the company on whether they will be fired. The GM dealerships will be...
789 Chrysler Dealerships Closing in U.S.
May 15, 2009Chrysler filed a motion in the US Bankruptcy court in New York where it said it intends to close down 789 dealerships (see map with locates) by June 9 because most of the dealers were reporting low sales and the major bulk of sales were coming from 5...
Report: Chrysler to cut 1,000 more jobs
November 01, 2007Chrysler LLC plans to cut at least 1,000 salaried workers to match the U.S. automaker's shrinking domestic market share, a published report said Wednesday. Chrysler's board approved the job cuts Tuesday, along with unspecified manufacturing layoffs...
Chrysler contract ratified by UAW members
October 29, 2007United Auto Workers ratified a national labor agreement with Chrysler LLC on Saturday, following a final vote from union members in Illinois. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said that while the proposed agreement was opposed by union members in Belvidere...
UAW, Chrysler appear near on contract
October 26, 2007United Auto Workers leaders have scored what is described as perhaps decisive victories in their quest to ratify their contract proposal to Chrysler. In key action Wednesday, union locals representing an estimated 9,300 workers at two assembly and...
UAW-Chrysler pact vote clouded
October 23, 2007U.S. autoworkers at several large locals have rejected a four-year United Auto Workers-Chrysler pact, putting the agreement in jeopardy. The vote against the tentative agreement by union members at a Detroit-area facility Sunday was the fourth rejection...
UAW members urged to reject Chrysler deal
October 17, 2007A United Auto Workers committee head urged members to vote against the tentative U.S. accord with Chrysler LLC, a dissident union Web site said Tuesday. UAW bargaining committee Chairman Bill Parker, president of Local 1700 in suburban Detroit, wrote...
Chrysler plans to cut non-union jobs
October 10, 2007Automaker Chrysler, facing a possible union walkout Wednesday, said it was considering cutting hundreds of non-union jobs at its U.S. plants. Chrysler said it intends to cut its nonunion, salaried workforce by 5 percent and reduce the contract workforce...
White-collar workers rally near Chrysler
September 14, 2007About 300 union-represented, white-collar workers rallied at a Detroit-area Chrysler LLC facility Wednesday to protest the pace of contract negotiations. One protester said the purpose of the "solidarity luncheon" at Chrysler's technical...
Mercedes Car Group sales are down 1.3 pct.
July 06, 2007The German-American automaker DaimlerChrysler, which is in the process of selling its Chrysler unit to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, announced that overall sales by its Mercedes Car Group, including the famous Mercedes-Benz brand and...