June 3, 200619 yr Author From the 6/3/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi, unions told to keep bargaining By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle NEW YORK — Delphi Corp.’s hearing to reject its union contracts ended abruptly mid-Friday afternoon, with the judge again pushing company and labor leaders to hit the bargaining table. ‘‘You can’t wish away your employees,’’ bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain said as the hearings ended in his Lower Manhattan courtroom. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=4584 From same: Shareholder objects to witness testimony in Delphi hearings By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle NEW YORK - Unions at Delphi Corp. tried to build a case in bankruptcy court Friday morning that the company didn't give them enough timely financial information to negotiate before it filed a motion to dissolve its labor agreements. Under questioning by International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America Attorney Susan Jennik, a Delphi consultant acknowledged the company was providing information as late as Tuesday to Chanin Capital Partners, the union's financial advisor. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=4582 From the 6/2/06 Dayton Business Journal: 1,300 GM Moraine workers take early retirement Dayton Business Journal - 1:48 PM EDT Friday by Tracy Kershaw-Staley DBJ Staff Reporter More than 1,300 workers at the General Motors Corp. Moraine Assembly plant signed up for early retirement and buyout packages, possibly erasing the need for layoffs scheduled at the plant this summer. IUE-CWA Local 798 President Brenda Hayden said that 1,320 workers have decided to take the buyouts, which can be as much as $140,000 depending on seniority. The deadline was June 1. ... E-mail [email protected]. Call 222-6900, ext. 116. http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2006/05/29/daily22.html?from_rss=1
June 6, 200619 yr Author From the 6/4/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi forecast gloomy By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle NEW YORK — Things aren’t getting any better for Delphi Corp. and its U.S. workers. Already suffering from falling demand for electrical wiring harnesses, suspensions and other auto parts it makes, bankrupt Delphi faces a sharp reduction in orders from its largest customer, General Motors Corp., in the July-September quarter. GM said Thursday it plans to cut car and truck production by 8.4 percent during the period from last year to 1.05 million. The drop comes on top of lower production in the current second quarter of 1.225 million vehicles versus 1.247 million a year ago, although the new figure is slightly higher than the original outlook. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=4661
June 6, 200619 yr Author From the 6/5/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi hearing postponed, Labor talks to continue By staff and wire reports NEW YORK - Negotiations between Delphi Corp. and its employee unions intensified amid the postponement of a meeting set for today, although the level of progress is unclear. ''There is bargaining going on today that would not have occurred but for the adjournment of the hearing,'' Delphi lead attorney John W. Butler Jr. said this morning in Lower Manhattan bankruptcy court. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=4699
June 6, 200619 yr Author From the 6/6/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi hearings put on hold By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle Is there or isn’t there a proposal that would offer improved buyouts to Delphi Corp.’s second largest union? Company and union spokespeople said Monday that weekend discussions yielded some progress on a buyout package to reduce Delphi’s hourly work force as it reorganizes in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Judge Robert Drain agreed to put off Monday’s court session until Friday after hearing about weekend talks between Delphi and its unions, including the 8,400-worker International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America. ... [email protected] The Associated Press contributed to this report http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=4718
June 9, 200619 yr Author From the AP, 6/7/06: GM's chief says good times ahead; shareholders back some changes Two proposals altering the way board members are elected were approved. By Tom Krisher Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — General Motors Corp. has made significant progress on its turnaround plan in the past year, reducing costs and rolling out new products, the company's chairman and chief executive told shareholders Tuesday. Rick Wagoner told shareholders at their annual meeting that GM's first-quarter earnings of $445 million were a good sign that better times are ahead for the nation's largest automaker. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0607gm.html From the 6/7/06 Dayton Daily News: Delphi wants bankruptcy hearing postponed again By John Nolan Staff Writer DAYTON | Delphi Corp. said Tuesday it will ask a federal bankruptcy judge to postpone a scheduled court hearing this Friday, in the latest sign of progress in the company's labor negotiations with its six unions. Lawyers for Delphi and the unions are to meet this week with Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain at his office in New York to reschedule Friday's hearing, Delphi spokesman Lindsey Williams said Tuesday. "We have intensified discussions with all of our unions," Williams said from the auto parts supplier's headquarters in Troy, Mich. He declined to comment on what progress has been made, or what issues are being discussed. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0606delphiweb.html
June 9, 200619 yr Author From the 6/9/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi, UAW may sweeten buyout offer From staff, wire reports DETROIT — Delphi Corp. and the United Auto Workers union are talking about sweeter buyout packages to reduce the auto supplier’s hourly work force, a union official who has been briefed on the talks said Thursday. The plan under discussion — one that so far doesn’t extend to Delphi’s second largest union — would mirror a buyout and early retirement pact negotiated in March between the UAW and General Motors Corp., Delphi’s former parent company, extending buyout offers that were made only to GM workers, said Clyde Sims, bargaining chairman for UAW Local 913 at a Delphi plant near Sandusky. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=4846
June 10, 200619 yr Author From the AP, 6/10/06: Delphi's buyout offer expands By Sarah Karush Associated Press DETROIT | Delphi Corp. on Friday announced a deal with the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. to offer buyouts to all hourly employees and said the agreement represented significant progress in broader negotiations aimed at avoiding a strike. The buyouts greatly expand early retirement incentives announced in March and mean that all UAW-represented employees will be offered something if they want to exit the company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0610delphi.html From the 6/10/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: UAW members get incentives to quit By staff, wire reports DETROIT — Delphi Corp. on Friday announced a deal with the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. to offer buyouts to all hourly employees and said the agreement represented ‘‘significant progress’’ in broader negotiations aimed at avoiding a strike. The buyouts greatly expand early retirement incentives announced in March and mean that all UAW-represented employees will be offered something if they want to exit the company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=4854
June 11, 200619 yr Author From the 6/11/06 Dayton Daily News: Banks rush in to help Delphi, GM workers with financial decisions When employees get buyouts or must roll over 401(K)s, banks want to give advice for the tough calls. By Kristin McAllister Staff Writer KETTERING — Facing permanent layoffs and buyouts because of corporate streamlining is stressful enough for employees of Delphi Corp. and General Motors Corp. Knowing how to financially plan for such life-altering events is something area banks are trying to help workers worry less about. "This is not an easy time for them and we want them to feel comfortable walking in, not intimidated. It's not a hard sell," said Diana Schoenberger, Fifth Third Bank Western Ohio vice president of marketing. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-9338 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0611banks.html From the 6/11/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Lordstown plan draws criticism By MARLY KOSINSKI Tribune Chronicle LORDSTOWN — As General Motors plans to reduce its payroll through employee buyouts and layoffs, workers could stand to walk away with more than $20 million before the end of the year. That money, Lordstown officials say, cannot be taxed. Instead, officials plan to make up anticipated losses in the village’s income tax by increasing the percentage that workers still employed will pay. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=4925
June 16, 200618 yr Author From the 6/16/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi has new negotiator By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle TROY, Mich. — With a new chief bargainer in place, the second largest union at Delphi Corp. worked late into Thursday evening after giving the company a counter-proposal on an attrition plan to entice workers to leave. Talks were ongoing at 11 p.m. between International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America and Delphi negotiators, although some managed to break away to grab one of the warm chocolate chip cookies the Somerset Inn puts out each evening. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5133
June 18, 200618 yr Author From the 6/17/06 Dayton Daily News: GM Moraine will continue building SUVs The world's largest automaker says it will not end the SUV production at Moraine in 2008 as it once said. By John Nolan Staff Writer MORAINE | General Motors Corp. will continue building its current lineup of midsized sport utility vehicles at its Moraine Assembly plant indefinitely, rather than ending the work in 2008 as previously planned, GM said Friday. That's good news for the union in the short term, but in the long run, the plant needs new assembly work to keep it going, said David Healy, an auto industry analyst with Burnham Securities Inc. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0617gmmoraine.html
June 18, 200618 yr Author From the AP, 6/18/06: Delphi announces deal with IUE-CWA, GM on buyouts By the Associated Press DETROIT | Delphi Corp. has reached an agreement with its second-largest union and General Motors Corp. to offer buyouts to hourly workers that is similar to an earlier deal with the United Auto Workers union. The auto parts supplier announced the agreement with the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communications Workers of America and GM, Delphi's former parent and its largest customer, late Friday. ... Staff writer Stephanie Irwin contributed to this report. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0618delphiweb.html
June 21, 200618 yr Author From the 6/20/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi given more time By staff, wire reports NEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge on Monday approved a motion by Delphi Corp. to extend the auto supplier’s deadline to exclusively file its reorganization plan, before creditors can weigh in with alternate proposals. The new deadline for the company is Feb. 1, 2007, and the deadline for responses to the plan is April 2. Judge Robert Drain approved the extension, which is the company’s second and moves the filing deadline from Aug. 5. The company reserved the right to file other extensions. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5311
June 22, 200618 yr Author From the 6/21/06 Dayton Daily News: Businessman makes offer on Delphi plant By Leigh Allan Staff Writer DAYTON — A Dayton entrepreneur has visions of thousands of people working at Delphi's Home Avenue plant for decades to come. John Prikkel also has alternate visions — a deserted plant, with no jobs and growing environmental devastation. Prikkel, owner of Delphi spin-off auto- and truck-spring maker Liteflex, said he has offered millions — "an eight-figure amount" — to try to make the first vision come true. ... Contact Leigh Allan at (937) 225-7317 or [email protected]. John Nolan contributed to this report. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0621delphilite.html From the AP, 6/21/06: Delphi gets second extension for filing reorganization plan By Vinnee Tong Associated Press NEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge approved a motion by Delphi Corp. to extend the auto supplier's deadline to exclusively file its reorganization plan, before creditors can weigh in with alternate proposals. The new deadline for the company is Feb. 1, 2007, and the deadline for responses to the plan is April 2. Judge Robert Drain on Monday approved the extension, which is the company's second and moves the filing deadline from Aug. 5. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0621delphi.html
June 24, 200618 yr Author From the 6/24/06 Dayton Daily News: Hundreds of local GM, Delphi workers accept buyout General Motors and Delphi will lose thousands as employees take the money offers to leave early. By John Nolan Staff Writer DAYTON | Thousands of factory employees at General Motors Corp. and parts supplier Delphi Corp. have signed up to accept money incentives and leave the companies, in a historic effort to thin the ranks of America's autoworkers. Depending on how many leave, it could pose a challenge for GM and Delphi to manage the departures so they have enough workers to continue running their plants. The companies have said they want to reduce long-term expenses for hourly labor and retirement benefits. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/062406buyout.html
June 26, 200618 yr Author From the 6/25/06 Dayton Daily News: GM Moraine workers may be on road to long-term employment Although the third shift ends Friday, the union has shown it's willing to work with the company for the plant's future. By John Nolan Staff Writer MORAINE | A union official who oversees the hourly work force at General Motors Corp.'s Moraine Assembly plant says he is confident the plant will draw a new, long-term production assignment from GM. "I feel confident that we've got a place that's going to be in business for years," said Willie Thorpe, chairman of the Automotive Conference Board of the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communications Workers of America. "It's one of the better plants in the world. I'd put it against anybody." ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/062506gmmoraineinside.html From the 6/25/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Some at Delphi getting raises By JOHN GOODALL Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Salaried workers at Delphi Corp. have begun getting incentive raises that had been delayed for more than a year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Saturday. That program should not be confused with a controversial bonus plan proposed to retain Delphi’s key executives, local Delphi spokeswoman Ann Cornell Vickers said. That plan would give 466 top executives as much as $38 million extra to stay with the company. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5495
June 28, 200618 yr Author From the 6/27/06 Dayton Daily News: 35,000 to head for exits at GM in buyouts More than 12,000 workers accept Delphi's offer of cash in exchange for leaving early. By John Nolan Staff Writer DAYTON — About 35,000 hourly workers at General Motors Corp. have accepted buyout or early retirement offers to leave the automaker and help it reduce its manufacturing capacity and costs, GM said Monday. Delphi Corp., GM's biggest parts supplier, separately said that about 12,600 of its employees have accepted retirement incentives to leave Delphi, a former GM unit in bankruptcy reorganization and trying to reduce its hourly labor expenses. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/062706buyouts.html From the 6/27/06 Toledo Blade: Area GM workers finding early exits attractive By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE BUSINESS WRITER John Whitt of Oregon couldn't pass up the $35,000 incentive to leave early from General Motors Corp.'s Toledo Powertrain factory. "I used to like going to work," said Mr. Whitt, 62, who worked at the transmission factory for about 28 years. "I didn't like it anymore." He is among more than 1,225 Toledo Powertrain workers - or more than a third of the factory's 2,900 hourly employees - who accepted retirement or buyout offers from GM as the world's largest automaker tries to winnow its U.S. workforce. ... Contact Julie M. McKinnon at: [email protected] or 419-724-6087. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060627/BUSINESS02/606270357/-1/RSS04 From the 6/27/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi to trim 2,767 By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Delphi Packard Electric aims to shrink its hourly work force to 1,033 from 3,800, largely through an attrition plan that started Monday, workers said management told them Monday. Lowell Seibert, a millwright from Canfield, said the number includes 350 skilled trades workers, with the rest being production employees. Delphi Packard, a division of bankrupt Delphi Corp., told workers it will keep factories in Cortland, Vienna, Plants 10 and 11 in the North River Road complex and Rootstown, Seibert said. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5590 From the 6/27/06 Dispatch: 500 head for exit at Delphi factory Most of Columbus plant’s union workers take early retirement Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Paul Wilson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH With their employer bankrupt and their plant for sale, about 500 hourly Delphi Corp. workers in Columbus will take an incentive package and retire early. "It was the best available option," said Howard French, chairman of United Auto Workers Local 969. "But the hard part is that even with (the retirement program), this is what life has been for these workers, this is how they’ve supported their families." For months, French and other union officials had predicted that between half and two-thirds of Local 969’s 700 members would take early retirement. Delphi filed for bankruptcy protection last year, and things became bleaker when Delphi announced in late March that the Columbus doorlatch operation was among a group of plants set to close or be sold by 2008. ... [email protected] http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/27/20060627-D1-00.html From the 6/27/06 Lima News: EPP closing Friday By TIM RAUSCH 419-993-2097 06/27/2006 [email protected] LIMA, 3:30 p.m., June 27 — Workers at Engineered Plastic Products said they were told Monday that the Shawnee automotive plant will close Friday. According to the workers, corporate officials said the plant had been sold at auction and there would be no severance. ... http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=27132
June 28, 200618 yr Author From the 6/28/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: PHOTO: Ronson McDowell of Youngstown gestures Tuesday as he and other Delphi Packard Electric workers criticize the structure of an attrition program designed to reduce the auto parts maker’s work force. Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain is expected to rule Thursday on the attrition plan reached June 17 between Delphi and the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America. Tribune Chronicle / Larry Ringler Buyout plan questioned By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — One Delphi Packard Electric worker wondered why employees aren’t permitted to pay the health care premium to keep their coverage instead of being forced to give it up when they leave the company. Another said that allowing the company to decide when workers can leave makes it harder for employees to find other jobs. Yet another urged the area’s religious leaders to find ways to use their clout with politicians and the community to try to influence events. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5609 From the 6/28/06 Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum: Good, bad news in GM buyout By Lisa Miller T-F staff ONTARIO -- Whether you're an economic development official, a school superintendent or a 28-year employee whose last day on the job is Friday, there are different ways of looking at the potential loss of more than 25 percent of the workforce at the General Motors metal stamping plant. "It's not great news. It's not unexpected either," said Richland County Economic Development Corporation's Mike Greene of Monday's announcement that 629 workers at the local plant might accept the company's buyout/early retirement offer. ... [email protected] 419-521-7240 http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/NEWS01/606280305/1002/rss01 From the 6/28/06 Toledo Blade: Delphi hires 2,000 temps for factories in U.S. TROY, Mich. — Delphi Corp. has hired 2,000 temporary workers to replace thousands of higher-paid union members who are taking early retirement or buyouts. ... http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/BUSINESS02/60628028/-1/RSS04
June 30, 200618 yr Author From the 6/29/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Deleath Hill said a few problems have emerged at Powertrain recently but are being remedied quickly. ( BLADE PHOTOS/AMY E. VOIGT ) PHOTO: Linda Kniss says employees like her who are staying at Powertrain have a chance to bid for better jobs. INCENTIVE PACKAGES CUT WORKER RANKS Mass exit of experiencecreates challenge for GM By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE BUSINESS WRITER By next year, more than 40 percent of the 2,900 hourly workers at General Motors Corp.’s Toledo transmission factory will be gone. At its Defiance Powertrain plant, roughly a third of 2,100 workers will be out. Training replacements and maintaining overall morale will be key to keeping up productivity, quality, and safety, said Bruce Belzowski, assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan’s Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation. “The good news is not everybody is going to be leaving at once,” he said. ... Contact Julie M. McKinnon at: [email protected] or 419-724-6087. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/BUSINESS02/60629033/-1/RSS04 From the 6/29/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi creditors object By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Some Delphi Packard Electric workers aren’t the only ones objecting to an attrition plan between the company and its second largest union. Delphi Corp.’s creditors have filed limited objections that federal bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain will consider today in a hearing that starts at 10 a.m. in his Lower Manhattan court room. Drain generally is expected to approve the plan announced June 17 by the bankrupt auto parts maker and the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5646
June 30, 200618 yr Author From the 6/30/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Judge OKs Delphi plan By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle NEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge agreed Thursday that rejecting an attrition plan for Delphi Corp. hourly workers would be a serious disruption in the company’s restructuring, and he approved approved the program. Judge Robert D. Drain went further by waiving the normal 10-day waiting period, instead making his order effective immediately. That could make it harder for creditors who objected to the plan to win an appeal. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5693
July 1, 200618 yr Author From the 7/1/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: GM Lordstown eyes future By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle LORDSTOWN — On a day that marked the end of 500 hourly workers’ General Motors Corp. careers, the Lordstown Complex celebrated its 40th anniversary and set its sights on even more milestones. ‘‘Some years ago — I don’t think anyone thought Lordstown would be here 40 years,’’ United Auto Workers Local 1112 President Jim Graham told a crowd of workers, dignitaries, car dealers and others who celebrated the factory’s birthday Friday. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5714 From the 7/1/06 Detroit Free Press: Thousands line up for Delphi jobs By JASON ROBERSON, Detroit Free Press DETROIT – Thousands are eagerly applying for temporary positions at Delphi Corp. and General Motors Corp. at wages up to 50 percent less than those of the 47,600 workers leaving the companies in an unprecedented program to cut costs. Delphi Corp. already has hired more than 2,000 temporary workers who are being trained to replace a portion of the estimated 12,600 workers taking offers to retire early or transfer to General Motors. ... http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=55721
July 4, 200618 yr Author From the 7/2/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: PHOTO: Judy Dailey of Berlin Center, looks at a 1956 Chevy during Saturday’s 40th anniversary celebration at the General Motors Lordstown plant. As part of the event, a car show was parked in the East Complex lot. Tribune Chronicle / Steve Schenck Enthusiasts make tracks to Lordstown By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle LORDSTOWN — Minnesota resident James Hallamek towed his 1973 Chevrolet Vega more than 800 miles to Lordstown GM plant’s 40th anniversary to show her where she was born. ‘‘She loves it,’’ Hallamek said, laughing. ‘‘She likes being around her brothers and sisters.’’ Hallamek originally bought the Vega to replace its engine with a stock engine. However, he couldn’t. He fell in love with the car. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5774
July 5, 200618 yr Author From the 7/4/06 Dayton Daily News: GM, Delphi measures hit union membership Departure incentives, coupled with the hiring of temporary workers, cut deeply into labor numbers. By John Nolan Staff Writer DAYTON — Retirement incentives and buyouts offered by General Motors Corp. and Delphi Corp. to reduce their hourly labor ranks are causing angst for workers and will cost United Auto Workers Local 696 most of its leadership, union officials said Monday. Union members have had 45 days to decide whether the retirement incentives or buyouts will be enough to live on, where they might look for new jobs and whether to relocate their families in search of new work, UAW Local 696 leaders said. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/070406buyouts.html From the 7/4/06 Dispatch: EFFECT OF ATTRITION PROGRAMS Likelihood of Delphi strike fades Tuesday, July 04, 2006 Paul Wilson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A strike at auto supplier Delphi Corp. appears less likely after recent moves to trim thousands of the bankrupt company’s jobs, including about 500 in Columbus. Last week, more than 12,000 Delphi employees chose earlyretirement incentives, and thousands more are expected to leave the company through a variety of other attrition plans. ... [email protected] http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/04/20060704-C1-02.html
July 12, 200618 yr Author From the AP, 7/12/06: Delphi reports loss of $2.4 billion for '05 Associated Press DETROIT — Delphi Corp., General Motors Corp.'s largest parts supplier, reported a $2.4 billion loss for 2005 in a delayed annual report filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in October, blamed the loss of $4.21 per share on accounting charges, price pressures from a reduction in GM's North American vehicle production and increased costs for raw materials. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/071206delphiearnings.html
July 14, 200618 yr Author From the AP, 7/13/06: Unions object to Delphi executive bonuses Employee unions ask a bankruptcy judge to deny an extension of a $60 million annual bonus for executives. By Vinnee Tong Associated Press NEW YORK — Delphi Corp. employee unions asked a bankruptcy judge to reject a $60 million-a-year executive bonus program while the auto parts supplier is moving forward on attrition programs offered to more than 30,000 union employees. In its objection filed Wednesday, the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communications Workers of America said extension of the annual incentive program for senior executives "will anger, humiliate and alienate 34,000 Delphi represented workers and interfere with their unions having any reasonable chance to negotiate modifications in their collective bargaining agreements." The IUE-CWA, Delphi's second-largest union, was joined by four others in the filing. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/071306delphibonus.html From the 7/13/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Help ready for Delphi workers By JOHN GOODALL Tribune Chronicle BAZETTA — A report on its ability to assist workers who lose their jobs in the Delphi Packard Electric downsizing was made by Trumbull One Stop to county commissioners Wednesday. The agency potentially could serve hundreds of furloughed Delphi employees, Bill Turner, One Stop administrator said. ‘‘Aug. 19 is the magic date for Delphi. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6126
July 17, 200618 yr Author From the 7/16/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: PHOTO: Dina Mays of Canfield, a process engineer, performs a quality control inspection on a Chevrolet Cobalt as it moves through the powder paint booth at the GM Lordstown Complex paint shop. Tribune Chronicle / R. Michael Semple Changes greet GM workers By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle LORDSTOWN — With workers about to return to work at GM’s assembly and fabricating plants Monday after an annual two-week hiatus, many union members will find themselves in a new world. By the end of 2006, there will be about 1,570 fewer employees at the complex — a number that surprised local union leaders. ‘‘We did not expect so many people to take the incentives,’’ said James Graham, president of United Auto Workers of America Local 1112. ‘‘When they announced this buyout plan, I first estimated between 500 and 800 people would participate. I thought 800 was a very high guess. Boy, was I wrong.’’ ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6223
July 18, 200618 yr Author From the AP, 7/18/06: Delphi strike still possible, union chief says Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Sarah Karush ASSOCIATED PRESS DEARBORN, Mich. — The president of the United Auto Workers said yesterday that the union had made little progress in recent talks with Delphi Corp. and that a strike is still possible. "We have not ruled out any of our options," Ron Gettelfinger said. A Delphi spokesman said the company, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, remains committed to the negotiating process. Delphi employs about 13,000 workers in Ohio in the Columbus, Dayton, Sandusky and Warren areas. ... http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/18/20060718-E3-03.html From the 7/18/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Union: Raise bar on bonuses By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle Delphi union leaders are not expecting to convince U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain to totally reverse course on an Annual Incentive Plan that was allowed to continue six months ago. However, union lawyers are expected to argue during Wednesday’s bankruptcy hearing that the AIP should be modified to make it more difficult for Delphi executives to earn those bonuses during the second half of 2006. ‘‘In its argument for AIP for the first half of 2006, the company set very conservative numbers as the minimum for the bonuses to be activated,’’ said Lauren Asplen, spokeswoman for an International Union of Electrical Workers-Communication Workers of America. ‘‘Thus, it was very easy to reach those numbers and earn the maximum bonuses.’’ ... The Associated Press contributed to this story. [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6279 From the 7/18/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: PHOTO: General Motors Corp. Lordstown Complex employee Geraldine Allen assembles a door Monday along the trim line. It was the first day back for employees after a two-week break –– and the first day for the plant to run two shifts instead of three. Tribune Chronicle / R. Michael Semple GM now at two shifts By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle LORDSTOWN — Except for some people having to hit their morning alarm clocks a little earlier than they were used to, the General Motors Corps. Lordstown Complex transition to a two-shift operation went smoothly, according to several workers on the line. Lordstown opened for the first time Monday after a two-weeks hiatus. It also dropped from three shifts to two. Jim Graham, United Auto Workers Local 1112 president, said with the reopening, the plant now has about 3,000 people working, about 1,500 working on each of the two shifts. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6280
July 20, 200618 yr Author From the 7/20/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi judge compromises By RAYMOND L. SMITH Tribune Chronicle NEW YORK — Delphi Corp. can keep its Annual Incentive Plan for executives, but a bankruptcy judge said that despite the company’s wishes, the court will continue to review the program every six months. All six unions representing Delphi labor wanted the court to end the incentive program for executives, or to at least modify the program to make it more difficult for executives to earn bonuses during the second half of 2006. They said the bonuses were ill-timed given ongoing negotiations over job cuts and contract negotiations for hourly employees. ... The Associated Press contributed to this report. [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6404
July 24, 200618 yr Author From the 7/22/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Help sought for Delphi workers By JOE GORMAN Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Calling it the first step in trying to help workers who will lose their jobs in Delphi Packard Electric attrition, U.S. Rep. Timothy J. Ryan, D-Niles, held a summit Friday to see what assistance those workers can receive, and how they can go about getting it. But Ryan also stressed at a news conference following the meeting at the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communication Workers of America Hall on Sferra Avenue, that workers must decide whether they will accept buyouts from the company based on their own circumstances, not on what kind of state, federal or other types of assistance for which they may be eligible. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6468
July 26, 200618 yr Author From the 7/26/06 DDN: GM trims losses, stock price climbs By John Nolan Staff Writer DAYTON | General Motors Corp. said Wednesday it lost $3.2 billion in the second quarter, largely due to the cost of payments to encourage 34,400 hourly employees to leave the company's wok force. But excluding the $3.7 billion after-tax cost of the attrition program and other onetime expenses, GM had an operating profit of $1.2 billion _ $2.03 per share _ for the quarter ended June 30, substantially exceeding Wall Street's expectations. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had predicted earnings of 55 cents per share. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/072606gmweb.html
July 28, 200618 yr Author From the 7/27/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: GM losses deceiving By staff, wire report DETROIT — General Motors Corp. lost $3.2 billion in the second quarter because of heavy charges for layoffs and early retirements — part of its massive restructuring program. But, without those charges, the world’s largest automaker scored a profit that blew Wall Street away and bolstered management’s claim that the turnaround is working. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6680 From the 7/27/06 DDN: Lawmakers want U.S. to ensure Delphi workers get federal help By Jessica Wehrman Staff Writer WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, and Tim Ryan, D-Niles, have sent a letter to the Secretary of Labor urging her to ensure that Delphi employees who accept a buyout are still eligible for federal benefits. Turner and Ryan said in particular they want to make sure Delphi employees who accept a buyout can receive federal assistance that will help train them for and find new jobs. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/072706delphi.html From the 7/27/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi departures at 1,000 By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Nearly 1,000 Delphi Packard Electric union workers had signed up for one of five programs to leave the auto parts maker as of Wednesday morning, a union official said. But he questioned local management’s refusal to discuss how to handle the expected mass exodus. Some 956 production and skilled trades workers planned to take retirement or a buyout, a number that likely rose through the day, International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America Local 717 Shop Chairman Don Arbogast said. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6677
July 28, 200618 yr Author From the AP, 7/28/06: Delphi prepares lawsuit vs. GM By JOSEPH REBELLO The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Delphi Corp.’s creditors aim to use confidential information obtained from a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation to prepare a potential billion-dollar lawsuit against General Motors Corp. and several former Delphi executives. In papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan Thursday, Delphi’s creditors committee said it will submit a draft of the lawsuit soon in a bid to win court authorization to file it. It asked a judge to seal the draft once it is submitted, saying its public dissemination could hurt Delphi’s restructuring negotiations. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6714 From the 7/28/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Ryan pushes for Delphi aid By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — Delphi Corp. workers who take a buyout to leave the bankrupt company should be eligible for government aid targeted at workers who lose their job due to foreign competition, two congressmen said Thursday. U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan, D-Niles, and Michael R. Turner, R-Centerville, sent a joint letter to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao due to concern that Delphi workers who take the lump sum may not be eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6735
August 1, 200618 yr Author Both from the 8/1/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi posts $1.86 billion loss By Staff, wire report DETROIT — Delphi Corp. lost $1.86 billion last month, mostly as a result of an accounting charge for early retirement deals, the company said in an operating report filed Monday in bankruptcy court. The Troy-based auto supplier said $1.56 billion of the June loss was a result of curtailment charge due to reductions in anticipated future service from retirements. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6918 Delphi employee wants to leave By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — About 1,355 Delphi Packard Electric hourly workers had signed up for incentives to leave the auto parts supplier as of Monday , but the system isn’t working smoothly for some, one worker said. Greg Young said that when he signed up July 14 for the $140,000 buyout, he was told he could leave by Aug. 1. He said he’s lined up another job and bought health coverage, expecting to start anew after 13 years. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=6903
August 5, 200618 yr Author From the AP, 8/4/06: Pension law won't give Delphi extra time to pay debt Auto-parts maker will have to make pension payments when it emerges from bankruptcy, probably late next year. By David Hammer Associated Press WASHINGTON | Pension legislation expected to pass the Senate today won't give Delphi extra time to pay $2.7 billion it owes for employees' future pensions, as the struggling auto-parts maker had hoped. The company asked lawmakers for a special payoff period for the shortfall it has built up while under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The law requires companies to make any pension payments put off during bankruptcy immediately upon emerging from bankruptcy, which Delphi expects to happen late next year. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/080406pension.html
August 6, 200618 yr Author From the 8/6/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi workers get some help By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — From restructuring loans to offering job training or investment advice, area businesses are rolling up their sleeves to help departing Delphi Packard Electric workers adjust to their new life. As many as 2,767 hourly workers could sign up by Wednesday’s deadline for retirement or buyout payments ranging from $35,000 to $140,000. The money is designed to help Delphi Corp., cut its hourly work force from 33,000 to about 5,700 before emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy next year. Delphi Packard, which makes electrical wiring harnesses for vehicles, is trying to cut its hourly work force to 1,033 from 3,800. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7075
August 8, 200618 yr Author From the 8/7/06 Youngstown Vindicator: Potential for job cuts makes governments, schools nervous School administrators are concerned for students whose parents lose jobs. By TIM YOVICH VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF WARREN — Reaction by government and school officials to downsizing at GM Lordstown and Delphi Packard Electric is more wait-and-see than panic. The community's leaders and educators say its too early to judge the full effect of the corporate economic cuts. "It will be interesting to see what they do," Adrian Biviano, Trumbull County auditor, said about the future buying patterns of those who take early retirement — or are furloughed. ... [email protected] http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/286738899994217.php
August 8, 200618 yr Author From the AP, 8/8/06: GM files big claim against Delphi Automaker, bankrupt parts supplier must both deal with creditors committee. By Vinnee Tong Associated Press NEW YORK | General Motors Corp. filed a multibillion-dollar claim against Delphi Corp., the bankrupt auto parts supplier said. Troy, Mich.-based Delphi said in a document filed Monday that the automaker submitted the claim July 31, the deadline for filing unsecured claims against the auto parts supplier, which has sought bankruptcy protection. Delphi used to be a subsidiary of GM and is still its biggest supplier. Delphi's ability to continue operations affects GM's viability, the automaker has said in the past. ... AP Writer Sarah Karush in Detroit contributed to this report. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/080806delphigm.html From the 8/8/06 Youngstown Vindicator: Business sector waits for impact Some say it's too early to tell how severely job losses will affect the economy. By HAROLD GWIN VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER YOUNGSTOWN — Earl Ross is backing off plans to expand his Ross' Foods restaurant and carryout on Tod Avenue in Lordstown. Impending job cuts at the General Motors' Lordstown complex have given him second thoughts about expanding his dining area and adding a bar. He said he'll put those plans on hold and wait to see what happens with the automaker. Ross said he does a good breakfast and lunch trade, with about 85 percent of his business coming from GM workers. ... [email protected] http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/315838111041904.php
August 9, 200618 yr Author From the 8/8/06 Toledo Blade: Transition called smooth at Toledo Powertrain By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Not only will General Motors Corp.'s Toledo Powertrain transmission factory lose 1,185 workers through retirements and buyouts this year, those hourly employees are taking with them a combined 48,000 years of experience, the plant manager says. Still, the 2,900-employee Alexis Road factory is faring well as it both loses workers and gears up to build more fuel-efficient and better-performing six-speed automatic transmissions as part of a $500 million expansion, Joe Choate said during a speech at a Toledo Rotary meeting yesterday. ... Contact Julie M. McKinnon at: [email protected] or 419-724-6087. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/BUSINESS02/608080338/-1/RSS04
August 10, 200618 yr Author From the 8/10/06 DDN: Delphi, unions return to court The company wants to cancel its existing contracts to lower costs. By John Nolan Staff Writer Delphi Corp. and its unions return to U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Friday in New York to argue over whether the auto parts maker should be allowed to cancel its union contracts. Delphi has already presented evidence before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain asking permission to scrap the contracts and let the company pay its union laborers whatever it wants. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/081006delphi.html From the 8/10/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Thousands take buyout By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — The number of departing Delphi Packard Electric workers passed the auto parts maker’s goal Wednesday, the last day for hourly employees to make one of the biggest decisions of their lives. A company tally sheet for Wednesday showed 2,750 union members signed up for a financial incentive to retire or quit. The unofficial number later in the day was closer to 3,000. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7238
August 11, 200618 yr Author From the 8/11/06 DDN: Delphi puts off court hearing on labor contracts By John Nolan Staff Writer DAYTON | Delphi Corp. has created more time for negotiations with its unions by postponing until next week the resumption of a court hearing on its bid for permission to cancel its union labor contracts. At Delphi's request, a federal bankruptcy judge in New York postponed Friday's hearing until Thursday, Aug. 17, to give the auto parts maker more time to negotiate with its six hourly labor unions, its creditors and General Motors Corp., Delphi's biggest customer. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain has authority over Delphi's business actions while it is in bankruptcy reorganization. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/081106delphiweb.html
August 12, 200618 yr Author From the 8/12/06 DDN: Delphi, unions get more time for contract talks Delphi says it needs to cancel labor contracts or talk the unions into lower-cost contracts to become profitable. By John Nolan Staff Writer DAYTON — Delphi Corp. has created more time for negotiations with its unions by postponing until next week the resumption of a court hearing on its bid for permission to cancel its union labor contracts. At Delphi's request, a federal bankruptcy judge in New York postponed Friday's hearing until next Thursday to give the auto parts maker more time to negotiate with its six hourly labor unions, its creditors and General Motors Corp., Delphi's biggest customer. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain has authority over Delphi's business actions while it is in bankruptcy reorganization. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/081206delphi.html From the AP, 8/12/06: Delphi delay to be used for talks By TERRY KOSDROSKY The Associated Press DETROIT — In a development that raises hope that progress can be made in talks aimed at reaching a labor settlement and avoiding a possible strike, automotive parts supplier Delphi Corp. has received court approval to delay until Aug. 17 a hearing originally scheduled for Friday on its request to have labor contracts thrown out. Delphi, which filed for bankruptcy in October, said its request to delay the hearing was intended to facilitate continuing discussions with former parent General Motors Corp., the United Auto Workers and other unions. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7333
August 17, 200618 yr Author From the 8/16/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi lost $2.6 billion in first half By staff, wire reports DETROIT — Delphi Corp., the nation’s largest auto supplier, said Tuesday that it lost $2.6 billion in the first half of 2006, mostly due to the cost of the buyouts and early retirements that are a key part of its Chapter 11 reorganization. The loss was 3 1/2 times as much as the $741 million Delphi lost in the first half of 2005. The company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in October, said revenues increased slightly to $14 billion from $13.9 billion last year. The loss in the first half included about $1.9 billion in charges related to buyouts and early retirements. That included $392 million for the actual cost of the programs and a $1.5 billion accounting charge due to reductions in anticipated future service. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7467
August 17, 200618 yr Author From the 8/17/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Bankruptcy judge delays Delphi hearing until Friday By Staff, wire report DETROIT — A federal bankruptcy judge has delayed until Friday a hearing on Delphi Corp.’s request for permission to scrap its labor contracts and impose lower wages and benefits on its workers. The Troy-based company, which employs 3,800 hourly workers at Warren’s Delphi Packard Electric, said in a statement on its Web site that the hearing, previously scheduled for 2 p.m. today, had been delayed until 10 a.m. Friday before bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in New York. ... http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7554 Also from the 8/17/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi work force is cut By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — What’s a global auto parts maker to do when more workers than expected take the money and run? That’s the question facing Delphi Packard Electric today as the final number of hourly workers accepting a lump sum payment to retire or leave became clearer. Wednesday’s deadline for workers to change their mind left Delphi Packard with an estimated 670 workers. The division of Delphi Corp. planned to have 1,033 hourly workers, down from 3,800, after offering incentives ranging from $35,000 to $140,000. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7529 From the 8/17/06 DDN: New GM manager reinstates public tours of Moraine plant By John Nolan Staff Writer MORAINE — General Motors Corp. plans this year to throw open the doors for community tours of its Moraine Assembly plant, a custom the company abandoned when it was constructing a new assembly building in 1999-2000. Mike Glinski, who arrived in July as the Moraine plant's manager, said he offered similar guided tours at his last assignment, a GM plant in Arlington, Texas, that makes full-size sport utility vehicles including the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/081706gm.html
August 19, 200618 yr Author From the 8/18/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Delphi delay is time to negotiate By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle WARREN — A local union leader applauded a judge’s decision Thursday to once again delay a hearing on Delphi Corp.’s request to toss out its labor contracts and impose lower wages and benefits on laborers. ‘‘I think it’s appropriate, and I’m glad to see it,’’ said Don Arbogast, shop chairman of Local 717 of the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America at Warren based Delphi Packard Electric. ... Associated Press Business Writer Vinnee Tong in New York contributed to this report. http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7568
August 19, 200618 yr Author From the 8/19/06 DDN: 6,300 at Delphi taking buyout Workers leaving early are members of the parts maker's second-largest union, IUE-CWA. By John Nolan Staff Writer Roughly 6,300 employees, 84 percent of those represented by Delphi's second-largest union, have accepted early retirements or buyouts. About 7,500 hourly workers represented by the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communications Workers of America are eligible to participate. The union represents about 1,000 workers in Delphi's Kettering and Moraine plants. ... The Associated Press contributed to this report. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/081906delphi.html
August 19, 200618 yr Author From the 8/19/06 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: Avon Lake spared in massive Ford cuts Company slashes production 21 percent Bette Pearce The Chronicle-Telegram AVON LAKE — Econoline van production at the Ohio Assembly plant was shut down this week, but the move is not part of a 21 percent cut in production to accelerate Ford Motor Co.’s “Way Forward” turnaround program. George Pippas, a Ford sales analyst, said the plant will run a “normal operating pattern” through the end of the year. Pippas said Ohio Assembly was shut down this week to reduce dealer inventories for retail customers... The Associated Press and The Detroit Free Press contributed to this story. http://www.chroniclet.com/Daily%20Pages/081906head1.html
August 20, 200618 yr Author From the 8/19/06 Cincinnati Post: Ford cutbacks mean down time for local plants By Greg Paeth Post staff reporter Ford Motor Co. plants in Sharonville and Batavia may have dodged direct hits Friday when Ford announced production cutbacks nationwide, but that doesn't mean it will be business as usual at the two sites. Production cuts at car- and truck-making plants elsewhere in the country seem guaranteed to reduce the demand for the transmissions that are made in Sharonville and at Batavia, a plant that is already scheduled to be closed in the third quarter of 2008. Ford said it would temporarily halt production at 10 assembly plants between now and the end of the year as the automaker tries to reduce its inventory to counter declining sales... http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060819/NEWS01/608190348/1010/RSS01
August 21, 200618 yr I work for a Ford supplier in Chicago, actually Ford's biggest supplier in Chicago. I'll be out of a job by the end of the week. So if anyone is hiring manufacturing engineers in the Chicagoland area, let me know. :)
August 24, 200618 yr Author From the 8/23/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle: GM is on O.T. By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle LORDSTOWN — General Motors Corp.’s Lordstown Complex may have fewer workers than two months ago, but they’re certainly building lots of cars. The complex’s roughly 3,800 employees are scheduled to work a pair of overtime shifts on two Saturdays in September to go along with the two this month to keep up with orders, spokesman Tom Mock said Tuesday. ‘‘Demand is strong,’’ he said of sales of the Chevrolet Cobalt and new Pontiac G5 small cars. ... [email protected] http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=7769
August 27, 200618 yr Author From the 8/26/06 DDN: Delphi hiring to fill vacancies left by buyouts, exits Company wants to maintain production levels while it works to emerge from bankruptcy. By John Nolan Staff Writer Saturday, August 26, 2006 DAYTON — With newspaper ads and signs outside its plants, Delphi Corp. is striving to hire unskilled workers and skilled trade personnel quickly to replace hundreds of departing hourly workers. A banner sign on a chain-link fence outside the auto parts manufacturer's Kettering plant on Friday solicited job applicants. Delphi's classified ad in the Dayton Daily News invited applications through the Job Center in Dayton for $30-an-hour jobs for skilled tradesmen including electricians, millwrights, plumbers and tool makers at the brake plant on Needmore Road. ... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/ddn082606delphi.html
August 27, 200618 yr Author From the 8/27/06 DDN: Delphi workers: Stay or take the buyout? By John Nolan Staff Writer Sunday, August 27, 2006 MORAINE — Hourly worker Bruce Sensabaugh is taking advantage of a buyout to leave Delphi Corp.'s automotive compressors plant in Moraine by year's end. Timothy Wilson turned down the offer and plans to continue at the plant — aware that it is one of the factories Delphi wants to sell or close by 2008. They are two among thousands of Delphi workers who have had to decide in a matter of weeks whether to stay with, or leave, the auto parts manufacturer as it prepares to slash jobs and close at least 20 factories nationwide — including four in the Dayton area — in order to emerge from bankruptcy reorganization. ... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/ddn082706delphiworkers.html
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