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Much work ahead in UAW contract talks, sources say - Detroit Free Press
At GM, top negotiators are in regular meetings about economic issues and bargainers have been meeting into the evening, according to a person familiar with the discussions. On Tuesday, UAW President Bob King and Vice President Joe Ashton met with GM ...
Much work ahead in UAW contract talks, sources say - Detroit Free Press
Negotiators at Chrysler have met two weekends in a row and are planning to meet again this weekend, but the automaker is nowhere near an agreement, according to a person familiar with the matter. At Ford, discussions about wage and economic issues had ...
Ford eager to hire entry-level workers - Detroit Free Press
Or it can pay them to retire, but sources close to the contract negotiations previously told the Free Press that the parties have not yet formally discussed buyouts. Today, Ford has fewer than 100 entry-level workers, compared with about 2800 at ...
Lions tab undrafted rookie Ryan Donahue as punter - Detroit Free Press
The decision was based on performance, the source said, and not salary. Donahue will make the rookie minimum this year, while Harris was scheduled to make $1.4 million. Harris, the Lions punter since midway through the 2003 seasons, averaged 44.6 yards ...
GM, Chrysler emerging as favorites to finish UAW contract talks first - Detroit Free Press
But GM and Chrysler have emerged as favorites, a person close to the talks said. Harley Shaiken, a labor professor at the University of California at Berkeley, said GM is the logical choice to set the contract pattern this year. ...
The UAW's top leadership continues to focus on contract talks at all three ... - Detroit Free Press
But GM and Chrysler have emerged as favorites, a person close to the talks said. Harley Shaiken, a labor professor at the University of California at Berkeley, said GM is the logical choice to set the contract pattern this year. ...
$157M bank loan may let Saab avert bankruptcy - Detroit Free Press
The loan would be provided by one of the five-biggest European banks, said one of the people, who declined to be identified because the talks are private. The loan will likely be announced as early as today, the person said. The carmaker, which General ...
UAW, GM talks advance; early deal is possible - Detroit Free Press
General Motors' negotiations with the UAW are progressing with an intensity typically found weeks later into contract talks, said a person close to the process, and some skeptics are starting to believe an agreement could beat the ...
Suspect tells police he dismembered Gibraltar neighbor but didn't kill her - Detroit Free Press
Police confronted the suspect Wednesday after he was seen on video surveillance buying cleaning supplies at a nearby supermarket, according to a source close to the investigation. Canterbury said the suspect confessed as soon as police confronted him ...
Pay dispute hangs over Ford talks - Detroit Free Press
15 hearing on the matter, according to a person familiar with the matter. The contract expires Sept. 14. "It is an interesting date," said Kristin Dziczek, director of the labor and industry group at the Center for Automotive Research. ...
Eric Sharp: Cool times to hook fish during hot summer days - Detroit Free Press
"We were getting most of the fish on jigs and minnows, but they're hitting crawlers under a bobber, too," said one friend, who asked not to be identified because "I don't want 50 people calling me trying to find out exactly where we're fishing. ...
Source: Ron Bloom, manufacturing czar for Obama administration, leaving White ... - Detroit Free Press
DENNIS BRACK/BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON – Ron Bloom, who played a key role in the 2009 rescue of General Motors and Chrysler, is leaving the White House later this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bloom currently serves as the Obama ...
Funeral outrage, then arrest in 5-year-old Detroit girl's death - Detroit Free Press
A polygraph indicated she was being truthful, a source said. Minutes before Mariha's body was discovered, a man bought 41 cents worth of gasoline from a nearby gas station, police said. The girl was laid to rest at Detroit Memorial Park West. ...
NFL roundup: Eagles DT Mike Patterson has seizure - Detroit Free Press
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team had yet to announce the move. Miami: The jeers have begun for quarterback Chad Henne (Michigan). Fans attending a practice at the Dolphins' stadium booed their ...
Explorer gets EcoBoost engine - Detroit Free Press
Ford will invest almost $1 billion to build its second plant in India, in the state of Gujarat, said a person briefed on the matter. The plant will employ 5000 people and begin making cars in 2014, said the person, who asked not to be identified before ...
Detroit 3 automakers hope to reduce health care costs in next UAW contract - Detroit Free Press
GM hopes to further reduce labor costs through additional changes to the way it operates its plants, according to a person familiar with the situation. "There are ways of reducing fixed costs without cutting pay and benefits," Schwartz said. ...
GM's goals in UAW talks: Cut health care and labor costs, tweak profit-sharing ... - Detroit Free Press
GM believes that its current agreement, which allows for unlimited hiring of entry level workers at about half of the $28 per hour wage until 2015, will help it continue to lower its labor costs, according to a person familiar with the situation. ...
Leaf motors to be built in Tenn. - Detroit Free Press
The securities for the automaker will be priced this week, according to a person familiar with the offering who declined to be identified because terms aren't public. The extra yield investors demand to hold top-ranked securities linked to auto loans ...
Ty Conklin expected to return as backup goalie for Red Wings - Detroit Free Press
2 guy next season, according to a source close to the situation. When free agency began July 1, they went after Tomas Vokoun, and when he instead opted for more playing time in Washington, the Wings turned their eyes back to Chris Osgood. ...
NFL roundup: Mediator to continue labor talks today - Detroit Free Press
The person spoke to the AP on Sunday on condition of anonymity, because the discussions are supposed to remain confidential. The mediator, US Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan, originally had ordered representatives of the league's owners and players to ...
EPA to study whether Imprelis lawn weed-killer hurts trees - Detroit Free Press
... which should be later this month, we will conduct an expedited review to determine if any changes in the use of the product are needed," said the spokesman at EPA headquarters in Washington who declined to be named as a matter of agency policy. ...
Bin Laden said to plot 9/11 strike again - Detroit Free Press
The planning never got beyond the discussion stage between bin Laden and his operations chief Attiyah abd al-Rahman, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he isn't authorized to speak about the matter. ...
3 bombings in India kill 17, injure 131 - Detroit Free Press
... Press BY RAJESH SHAH AND MUNEEZA NAQVI ASSOCIATED PRESS MUMBAI, India -- Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India's busy financial capital during rush hour Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding 131, a government official said. ...
Obama, Congress ratchet up rhetoric - Detroit Free Press
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak on the record. He could reach $2.4 trillion over 10 years with extra revenues, Obama told the group, the aides said. The president then said there was too much "positioning, ...
Report: Kelvin Sampson heading to Rockets - Detroit Free Press
The sources requested anonymity because the Rockets have not announced the hires. Both men were expected to be on the Minnesota Timberwolves' short list of candidates. They fired coach Kurt Rambis today. Bill Laimbeer, another of the Pistons' five ...