Topic: United Auto Workers

At a shuttered GM plant, frustration, confusion...and flowers

The Willow Run Transmission plant in Michigan will close in late 2010, bringing uncertainty to the people and the places that built their lives around America's largest automaker.

The Monitor's View: Obama's socialized bankruptcy for GM

His plan prevents even greater layoffs in a recession. But once the economy recovers, GM must be let loose from federal strings.

Can government be trusted to steer a GM bankruptcy?

The Obama team is helping to push the automaker's debt holders, unions, and executives toward tough choices, but the risks of intervention are many.

The Monitor's View: Chrysler in Chapter 11: Better for taxpayers

Obama has had to learn not to do political favors in business.

Chrysler bankruptcy: speed is of the essence

Damage to the economy may be limited so long as bankruptcy is handled quickly. Obama is confident; others are skeptical.

Deal with creditors may let Chrysler veer out of bankruptcy

The automaker's future, dismal as of last week, is brighter as creditors agree to swap $6.9 billion in debt for $2 billion in cash.

GM to slash nearly half its dealerships to survive

It will also cut Pontiac, as well as more jobs. But if dealerships and bondholders don't agree to the changes, bankruptcy looms.

Ford doing better than GM and Chrysler, but still not very well

So far, Ford is avoiding bankruptcy or a government bailout. Consumer confidence will be most important in securing its financial situation.

Obama puts pressure on Chrysler

Is bankruptcy in store for the venerable carmaker?

US car sales plunge in March

But automakers are encouraged by a recent increase in showroom traffic.

Is auto rescue too big a role for government?

In dispatching GM's Rick Wagoner and directing carmakers toward clean cars, Obama indicates tax dollars won’t come free.

Obama wants more reform from GM, Chrysler

The two automakers seek additional $22 billion from the US, even as the president signals their plans aren’t adequate.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about why professors should not be called upon to rescue newspapers, why the US should teach its students to think critically, and what universities should really spend their money on.

Time is ‘running out’ to save US automakers

As auditors question GM’s viability, creditors and labor unions must negotiate, analysts say.

USA

GM, Chrysler bailout: bankruptcy on the cheap

GM is asking the US Treasury for an extra $16.6 billion. Chrysler wants another $5 billion.

Who’s to blame for automakers’ woes?

The industry itself bears some, but not all, of the responsibility, as GM and Chrysler seek more US aid.

The Obama roadshow continues -- next stop: Peoria

Fiat and Chrysler enter into strategic alliance

The deal will allow the struggling Chrysler to manufacture more fuel-efficient cars using Fiat's technology

US auto sales fall for many firms beyond Big Three

Toyota, Honda, and BMW report declines of 30 percent or more in December.

Can America spend its way to economic recovery?

Conservatives, resisting big government outlays on principle, begin to build the case for other options.

Unions pose difficult political test for Obama

How firmly will he stand with his labor allies during the painful restructuring of the auto industry?

Tough line on auto bailout may extend to other industries

Congress's rescue of financial institutions may prove the exception, as automakers learned last week.

The Monitor's View: Rescue US autoworkers first

Give them a way to get out of companies due for downsizing.

White House says it won't allow Big Three to fail

US could tap $700 billion financial-rescue fund to keep automakers afloat temporarily.