General Motors wil Europese fabriek verkopen

Die Einigung ist eine Folge der Klage, die die Gewerkschaft gegen GM bei Gericht eingereicht hat über die angekündigte Schließung des Werks in Oshawa

The CAW has reached a settlement with General Motors covering the closure of the Oshawa truck plant, scheduled for July 1, 2009.

Heeft de direktie een verborgen agenda????

Following the announcement in early June that GMH's Family II engine facility in Port Melbourne will be shut down (see link to story below) with the loss of 531 jobs, talks begin this week on...

To Chris Buckley, President of CAW local 222,

Dear Chris, Dear Colleagues, The General Motors Thailand Worker Union (GMT) fully firmly supports you in your fight against closing your...

Brothers and sisters, colleagues, comrades, we are planning to publish an overview in the blog which plants are planned to close by GM and which plants are in serious danger because of no succ...

The CAW local 222 and the Oshawa workers and their families were fighting for their jobs at a rally on June 12. Here more videos from the rally in canada. Distribute it to your members. Tell t...

Hi I'm Frank, I talk with Wolfgang about your activities in Canada, right on time!!! Don't stop fighting, give all your best, with all your friends and family also!! We stay close to you in ou...

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union supports the CAW and CAW Local 222 in your struggle to prevent the closing of the Oshawa plant. We see GM’s behaviour as a totally unacceptable be...

Caros irmãos e irmãs de Oshawa,

Queremos manifestar o nosso total apoio à luta de vocês.

Dear brothers and sisters of Oshawa,

We express our full support to your fight.

Dear Chris Buckley, dear Canadian comrades,

we are shocked about the decision of the GM Management to close your plant and we consider this behavior as an unacceptable betrayal after...

In addfition to the 4 plant closures mentioned at the gmworkersblog, you can add the Holden Family II (4 cylinder) plant to the list of plants idetified for closure.

To Chris & other affected employees' representatives throughout the GM world:
We fully support the stance you have adopted & level of support offered by our Trade Union counterpar...

Dear Chris, Dear Colleagues,
The Hungarian Metalworkers’ Federation VASAS firmly supports you in your fight against closing your plant.

Estimado Chris, compañeros y compañeras.
Estamos al tanto de los acontecimientos relacionados con vuestra justa lucha y queremos trasladaros nuestro más sincero apoyo.

A/C : Chris Buckley,
Queridos irmãos e irmãs do CAW na GM Oshawa,

To Chris Buckley.

Dear brothers and sisters from CAW at GM Oshawa,

Mexican auto unions are taking a cue from U.S. labor leaders by offering two-tier hiring schemes and salary cuts that bring already low wages down to near-Chinese levels.

Die Entscheidung von General Motors 4 Werke in der Region Nordamerika zu schließen (Janesville, Wisconsin, USA; Moraine/Dayton, Ohio, USA; Oshawa, Kanada und Toluca, Mexiko) scheint zu einer A...

The decision by General Motors to close 4 plants in the region of North America (Janesville, Wisconsin, US; Moraine/Dayton, Ohio, US; Oshawa, Canada and Toluca, Mexico) seems to fuel a downwar...

Dear Chris Buckley, dear canadian comrrades,

La seccion sindical de UGT en GM España quiere mostrar su más profundo rechazo a las decisiones que GM está tomando en contra de los intereses de los trabajadores canadienses.

El Foro Europeo de Empleados de General Motors traslada un claro mensaje de solidaridad a Chris Buckley, presidente de CAW (Sindicato de Trabajadores del Auto Canada) y a los trabajadores, que...

Das Europäische Arbeitnehmerforum (EEF) von General Motors sendet ein starkes Zeichen von Solidarität an Chris Buckley, Präsident des regionalen Gewerkschaftsbüros 222 der CAW und and die kana...

The European Employee Forum (EEF) of General Motors is sending a strong message of solidarity to Chris Buckley, the President of CAW local 222 and the Canadian Autoworkers who are continuing t...

Declaration of Solidarity with our Canadian Comrades

CAW’s Hargrove Disappointed and Frustrated after GM Meeting. Representatives of the CAW remain frustrated and disappointed following a meeting this morning in Detroit with top executives from...

A news report on the affects for the workers and the community in Janesville, Wisconsin, US.

General Motors, el mayor productor estadounidense de automóviles, cerrará dentro del plan de reestructuración del consorcio cuatro plantas de producción de camiones en EEUU, Canadá y México, p...

Der größte US-Autobauer General Motors (GM) schließt im Rahmen seines geplanten Konzernumbaus vier Pickup-Werke in Nordamerika und will künftig mehr Kleinwagen und Crossover-Modelle produziere...

General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles.

The CAW reached tentative settlements with both General Motors and Chrysler that meet the pattern established with Ford. The CAW represents close to 13,000 General Motors workers and 8,000 Chr...

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After General Motors announced today that it will close its Windsor Transmission plant in 2010, eliminating 1,400 jobs, CAW President Buzz Hargrove said he is both frustrated and angered by th...

Komponentenfertigung wird gestärkt - Motorenfertigung läuft mittelfristig aus.

Well, it is that time of year again when attempts are made to convince many on the shop floor that to see better the left eye should be removed.

Aber was wird aus den Motoren- und Getriebestandorten in Europa? Hier hält sich GM seit langem bedeckt und gibt keine klare Auskunft über seine Pläne.

Carl-Peter Forster, President of General Motors Europe, Klaus Franz and Rudi Kennes, Chairmen of the European Employee Forum (EEF) of General Motors Europe, signed a framework for the next-...

Carl-Peter Forster, Präsident von General Motors Europa, Klaus Franz und Rudi Kennes, Vorsitzende des Europäischen Arbeitnehmerforums (EEF) von General Motors, haben heute einen Rahmenvertr...

KAMERADEN,

DINSDAG IS HET EINDELIJK ZOVER. DAN ZULLEN DE 2 EUROPESE RAAMAKKOORDEN PLECHTIG ONDERTEKEND WORDEN IN RUESSELSHEIM

The board restored Wagoner’s salary to $2.2 million. He had taken a pay cut as part of the corporation’s turnaround plan, with his salary cut in half in 2006 and reduced an additional 25% l...

SANTIAGO - A General Motors anunciou que irá fechar sua fábrica no norte do Chile em julho, devido ao declínio das condições do mercado. A diretora-administrativa da companhia no Chile, Julie...

SANTIAGO, Chile: General Motors Corp. announced Thursday that it will close its assembly plant in northern Chile in July because of declining market conditions.

La semana anterior la planta retornó a la normalidad de su producción, incluso se trabajó horas extras, lo que nos hacía pensar en un mejoramiento de las ventas y exportaciones...

Angesichts des aktuellen Kampfs um den Erhalt des Nokia-Werks in Bochum gerät die strategische Bedeutung von europäischen Betriebsräten wie bei GM/Opel und des Reformbedarfs des europäischen B...

there seem s to be a lot of investment in e port uk press unit.about 180,000 euro's i believe have been invested into improving the unit by ex saab man thomas green.gme would not throw this mu...

Sometimes it is good to know who is responsible for what. Sure, in general General Motors is the problem, but in the case of the GM plans to slaughter the European Press shops and to close or...

General Motors bedroht die europäischen Motoren und Getriebewerke (Powertrain). Ein schwedisches Werk in Södertälje ist bereits an Scania verkauft, ein weiteres in Göteborg steht vor dem Verka...

We moesten snel afbouwen , want de verkoop kende een dieptepunt !!! Het model kende zijn alom gevreesde , maar verwachte terugval . Dus was het logisch dat we minder gingen produceren , en afs...

Her is an overview of all the Protests at all 18 GM plants across Europe to Prevent the closure of Azambuja in the year 2006.

When we hear today that the President of General Motors Europe, Carl-Peter Forster, is talking about a potential plant closure in connection with the allocation of the next global Astra he see...