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The Strike Is Over: UAW Members Ratify Deal With General Motors

6:08pm October 25, 2019

On Friday, the United Auto Workers and its nearly 50,000 GM employees signaled an end to the six-week stalemate, voting to OK a deal that the labor union struck with the automaker earlier this month.

United Auto Workers members picket Wednesday at a General Motors plant in Flint, Mich. Last year, more U.S. workers went on strike than at any time since 1986.

'It's Time To Get Something Back': Union Workers' Voices Are Getting Louder

1:00am October 24, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Unions and their supporters around the country are assessing whether the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors is a sign of renewed labor power.

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Antonio Martinez has worked for GM for three years and Felicia McCray has worked there for five months.

National

Why GM Workers Are Striking

2:21pm September 20, 2019

by Elaine Cromie

As negotiations continue between the automaker and the union, workers express what motivates them to join the picket line. "One fight, we all fight," one worker says.

United Auto Workers President Gary Jones speaks in Detroit on July 16. The FBI is investigating allegations that Jones and other UAW officials accepted bribes.

National

GM, Union Officials Prepare For Contract Talks Amid Plant Closings And FBI Probes

12:20pm September 12, 2019

General Motors and the United Auto Workers sit down soon to negotiate a new contract. Recession fears and slowing sales are concerns, along with allegations of corruption among UAW leaders.

GM's Lordstown, Ohio, plant is one of five in North America that the company plans to shut down. The Trump administration threatened to retaliate by withholding federal subsidies for the company's cars.

Politics & Government

Trump Administration Threatens To Withhold Subsidies From GM

4:39pm November 27, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Angered by General Motors' decision to idle plants and lay off thousands of workers, the Trump administration threatened to retaliate by withholding federal subsidies for the company's cars.

Lordstown Assembly in Ohio, shown here in 2008, is one of the plants at which General Motors plans to cut production in 2019.

Economy

GM Announces Cuts At Car Assembly Plants In Michigan, Ohio, Canada

6:13pm November 26, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

As part of a major restructuring that will prioritize GM's electric and autonomous vehicle programs, the automaker plans to cut 15 percent of its workforce to save some $6 billion by the end of 2020.

Don Skidmore stands in front of a sign for United Auto Workers Local 735, the union chapter he represented as president when he was a General Motors employee.

Life After GM: A Family Upended By Auto Plant Closure Took Divergent Paths

8:02am November 03, 2018

Ten years after the financial crisis, the recovery hasn't reached everywhere. After the plant at which they worked was shuttered, three members of a family saw their lives change in unexpected ways.

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General Motors says it has halted operations in Venezuela after authorities seized a factory. The plant was confiscated Wednesday in what GM called an illegal judicial seizure of its assets.

World News

GM Halts Operations In Venezuela After Plant Seizure

6:04pm April 20, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The automaker says its only plant in Venezuela was confiscated by public authorities. Details are murky: Multiple employees at the plant tell NPR car dealers were responsible for the plant takeover.

General Motors has high hopes for the Chevrolet Bolt EV (shown here during its debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last year). It can travel 238 miles on one charge. Currently, the only other all-electric cars with that kind of

Rollout Of Chevy Bolt May Mark Turning Point For Electric Car Market

1:56pm February 14, 2017

The Chevy Bolt can go 238 miles on a single charge and costs about $30,000, after a federal tax credit. But the clean-car industry needs government support to thrive, and that's far from certain.

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Ed Welburn, vice president of General Motors Global Design, stands with the Buick Riviera concept as it makes its North American debut at the North American International Auto Show in 2008 in Detroit.

From 'No Way,' To Global Success: The Inspired Journey Of GM's Design Chief

10:14am December 30, 2016

A lover of cars since he was a little tyke who later trained as a sculptor, Ed Welburn has shaped the physical world we live in as the longtime head of design for General Motors.

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