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Saturn Votes to Shoulder Health Costs
Retirees will pay health-care premiums for the first time, employees will forgo part of raise if all UAWs OK plan.
Saturn Workers Approve New Contract by 3-1 Margin
Saturn workers overwhelmingly approved a new contract today that brings the Spring Hill assembly plant in line with other General Motors divisions.
Saturn workers in Tennessee OK joining GM-UAW contract
Workers at General Motors's Saturn have overwhelmingly approved a new contract that revamps what was once considered a revolutionary relationship.
Saturn Workers Mixed About Contract Vote
With production down 17 percent at the Spring Hill Saturn plant, workers are faced with tough choices. This week, employees are voting on a contract that would allow the company to layoff workers for the first time in the plant's 19-year history. It would also formally end the unique relationship between the UAW and General Motors.
Saturn Workers Reject Proposed Work Schedule
Just when Saturn is under pressure to cut costs and increase efficiency, workers have snubbed a weekly schedule that could save time and money. Saturn lost $849.7 million in 2000, and has come under increased pressure to cut costs and increase efficiency at its two plants.
Saturn Workers Replace President
Saturn's union members opted for new leadership in elections that concluded yesterday.
Saturn Workers Voting On Strike Sunday
Workers at the Saturn car plant, one of GM's crown jewels, are voting Sunday on whether to authorize a strike over pay and work conditions -- a decision that could deal another blow to the nearly paralyzed automaker.
Saturn Workers' Vote on UAW Pact is Postponed
UAW Local 1853 Chairman Mike Herron said the meeting was canceled to give union members a chance to study the proposal. He said the vote probably will be held later this week.
Seniority is a Hot Issue for Workers
Most GM workers who switch plants carry their actual seniority date or a seniority date of January 7, 1985, whichever is later. But when Spring Hill was established, GM workers had to forfeit rights to their corporate seniority for in-plant purposes and start over with their Saturn start dates.
Spring Hill Saturn Plant Gets on Track with GM
The vote was bittersweet for some longtime employees.
Talks Resume Sunday Morning Between Delta Workers, GM
From the Lansing State Journal: Union leaders at GM's Delta Township plant and GM officials returned to the negotiation table today, officials said. Doug Rademacher, president of UAW Local 602, said negotiations with Delta employees were to resume at 11:15 a.m. and continue throughout the day. Some 2,300 workers at the Lansing Delta Township plant represented by UAW Local 602 walked out Thursday, shutting down the plant. Workers also went on strike Tuesday at Alliance Interiors, a Delta Township...
UAW Strike Hits Saturn Aura Plant
The Fairfax plant, which employs about 2,200 workers, makes the Saturn Aura sedan and is one of two plants making the Malibu. GM's Orion Township, Michigian, factory also builds Malibus. It is the second GM (GM) plant making popular vehicles to be struck by the UAW recently over issues not covered in the national contract ratified last year. Workers have been out nearly three weeks at GM's plant in Delta Township, Mich., near Lansing. It makes GM's Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook c...
UAW Strikes GM Crossover Plant
Production of General Motors' trio of hot-selling crossovers - the Saturn Outlook, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia - skidded to a halt on Thursday morning when UAW hourly workers struck a GM plant near Lansing, Michigan. Neither GM nor the UAW would specify reasons for the strike, but UAW Local 602, which staffs the Lansing Delta Township plant, has yet to sign a local contract agreement with GM. Local agreements cover work rules in specific plants. The strike is the second production disruption at...
Union at Saturn Set to Vote on Details of New Contract
Saturn workers are set to vote on details of a new contract that could end a novel relationship and bring the local union into an agreement more like those found in the rest of General Motors.
Union Warns GM Fairfax Plant of Possible Strike
From the Kansas City Business Journal: Union employees at the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant issued a letter warning the company that they will strike on Tuesday unless progress is made toward getting a new contract. Jeff Manning, president of United Auto Workers Local 31, said the previous contract expired in September. General Motors and union officials are trying to iron out a new four-year deal. Local 31 has about 2,600 members. Manning said the main point of contention is that the un...