Our CEO has had their opportunity for over 10 years. They have not delivered on quality, market share, product development, company culture, PR, union negotiations, and most importantly stock price. What criteria are they truly being assessed on... — read more
Ford pauses a $12 billion EV investment, after saying electric vehicles are too expensive
https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-delays-ev-manufacturing-investment-cars-too-expensive-2023-10 *In a recent interview with The New York Times, Ford's executive chair Bill Ford said that high prices were the main reason why Ford was slowing... — read more
Parma GM plant to layoff 139 more workers effective Wednesday
https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/10/25/parma-gm-plant-layoff-139-more-workers-effective-wednesday/
California DMV suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit ‘effective immediately’
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/24/23930629/california-dmv-suspends-cruise-robotaxi-permit-safety
UAW expands strike to profitable GM Arlington Assembly plant in Texas
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2023/10/24/uaw-strike-gm-arlington-assembly-plant-texas/71299127007/
Still buying GM after VSP or layoff?
GM has bought you out with the VSP. You can still get a GM employee discount, if the dealer will accept and GM offers it for the vehicle you are looking for. Do you still feel compelled to support GM? I have purchased many new GM cars as an... — read more
Automakers Have Big Hopes for EVs; Buyers Aren’t Cooperating
Automakers Have Big Hopes for EVs; Buyers Aren’t Cooperating Sales growth has slowed in the U.S. as car companies are finding a limited pool of consumers willing to pay more for these... — read more
How can the public donate to the UAW strike/ UAW layoffs with money,food or gift cards?
The names Ford, GM and Stellantis on strike are confusing the would-be public donations of money and gift cards. UAW in one article says donate to food bank but that does not directly get it to strikers. Need the mailing addresses of any UAW union... — read more
GM Stock at it's lowest point since 3/20
GM Stock is at $29.88/share right now. If you follow the stock market, you know that the day it was announced that everyone had to stay at home for two weeks to "slow the spread", the market tanked hard. Well, right now General Motors stock has... — read more
Chinese automakers building plants in Mexico to come to U.S., says MotorTrend's Miguel Cortina
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3IbCpV1Q3I4 Some highlights, 300 miles of range, quality on par with American car makers, 10% of Mexico's car marketshare in just a few years
Did the Kentucky Truck Plant just go on strike?
Wow that's a big plant in Louisville, Kentucky. They sure have made some beautiful trucks there over the years
What are the statistics on past car sales when wars have broken out in history?
Will article 40 a war declaration in Middle East effect car sales or layoffs? Anyone have the numbers or patterns from way back? Good to incorporate into future planning and job security possibilities.
Only two car companies will survive in next 20 years
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ3MxuEb/
GM TO CUT SOFTWARE JOBS, AFFECTING NEARLY 180 EMPLOYEES
GM TO CUT SOFTWARE JOBS, AFFECTING NEARLY 180 EMPLOYEES
CTO
Interesting CTO turnover… anyone know what the story is?
Why is insurance so high for E.V.s and can this effect sales?
Getting an insurance estimate before buying a house is normal. But why should buyers of an E.V. have to make sure they can afford car insurance first?
GM’s third-quarter sales jump 21% as UAW strike slowly expands
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/03/gm-third-quarter-sales-jump-21percent-as-uaw-strike-slowly-expands.html
What other org's were affected today?
People in my org were asked to find a position within the company in 60 days or get terminated.
Cruise - Seriously injured woman tonight in SF.
Seriously, why is it always cruise and every time its a completely different failure mode. I understand the sunk cost but the liability is just too high to develop this in house. Tonight's Incident:... — read more
Trump speech shows support for striking UAW workers
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-claims-pro-worker-record-184610746.html
GM onboards Salaried Career Administrative Beneficial (SCAB) Employees to parts sites.
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/09/scabs-deployed-gm-parts-distribution-centers
The biggest enemy of autoworkers is politians trying to control the whole auto industry.
Politicians trying to push their "deal of the day'- the E.V. in an industry they know nothing of, will not work. Raising to the roof the price of new gas vehicles to fake out buyers and push them into buying the gov E.V. and force faking enormous... — read more
GM workers surprised by layoffs in KCK
https://www.kctv5.com/2023/09/21/gm-workers-surprised-by-layoffs-kck/
Wake Up! AI and Advance Technology is the future
Every company is trying to lower cost and increase profits. This means they have to adapt to advance technologies such as AI. If they don't, competition will win, while they get left behind, eventually going bankrupt. History is about to repeat... — read more
Auto sales will plummet; mass layoffs are coming in 2024
To get a good idea of where auto sales are headed, you can look to several metrics but the ones that are key are inflation, consumer debt and the current sales data for cars. Consumer Debt Mortgage Rates Jump to the Highest Level in 23... — read more
UAW announces significant expansion of strike at GM, Stellantis
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/business/auto-workers-strike-expands/index.html
What Mark says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gm-president-fires-back-flow-100527572.html
UAW means insurance against poor safety, pay, benefits and bosses family taking your job
Jealousy runs wild among non-union workers when they hear of how good union pay and work environments can be. But they are to chicken to form a union to protect themselves and their own jobs. Wake up, if u are not union you have no security or... — read more
A note to UAW workers and WGA writers on strike, from a rich guy: Enough already
https://www.yahoo.com/news/note-uaw-workers-wga-writers-080935776.html
Their plan won't work
The United Auto Workers announced a renewed commitment to its strike Saturday, following news of Ford Motor Co. and General Motors possibly laying off thousands of... — read more
Join the UAW
Contact UAW Organizing Do you want to know more about joining the UAW? If so, we need some basic information so we can provide the best possible support and assistance to you and your co-workers. ALL INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL! In order to respond... — read more
Salaried Union
The Ford guys are having a pretty good discussion about starting a salaried union. Mary shouldn't mind, since she grew up in a UAW household.
Laid off 2000 factory workers!? Blamed Wentzville.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2023/09/15/ford-gm-temporarily-lay-off-workers-at-plants-affected-by-uaw-strike/70868281007/ There is the link. So because of the plant strike at the wentzville faculty, GM “temporarily” laid off 2k at another... — read more