Trump: We Are Looking at Cutting GM Subsidies After Company Closed Plants, Laid Off Workers

President Trump Meets With Congressional Leadership At The White House

Andrew Kugle
November 27, 2018 3:39 PM

President Donald Trump said in a Tuesday tweet that his administration is looking at cutting all General Motors subsidies after the company announced plans to close several plants and lay off over 10,000 employees.

Labor Holds Out on NAFTA Renegotiation

AFL-CIO praises progress but needs more information before endorsing

Bill McMorris
October 2, 2018 11:10 AM

Labor unions are holding off on endorsing the Trump administration's renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Union Files Federal Complaints After Nissan Workers Overwhelmingly Reject Representation

Company calls on UAW to 'honor the results,' but has not yet prepared in case UAW uses micro-union strategy used in other right to work states

Bill McMorris
August 8, 2017 5:00 AM

The United Auto Workers union has turned to federal labor regulators to boost its campaign in the south after workers overwhelmingly rejected its bid to unionize a Mississippi plant.

Indictment of Union Exec’s Widow Complicates UAW’s Mississippi Campaign

Nissan plant's union vote begins just one week after DOJ bribery indictment

Bill McMorris
August 3, 2017 12:50 PM

The indictment of a former union executive's wife in a federal bribery investigation could complicate the United Auto Workers' quest to unionize a Nissan factory in right to work Mississippi.

UAW Exec’s Wife, Auto Exec Charged for $1.2 Million Bribery Scheme

Fiat Chrysler official paid off UAW honcho's mortgage

Bill McMorris
July 28, 2017 4:02 PM

The wife of a former union executive and a former vice president at Fiat Chrysler have been indicted for allegedly violating federal labor law in connection to a bribery investigation.

UAW Makes Second Run in Right-to-Work South

Mississippi Nissan workers will vote on unionization in August

Bill McMorris
July 21, 2017 5:00 AM

United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams said he is confident the union will win a historic election in right-to-work Mississippi.

Ford Cancels Mexico Plant in ‘Vote of Confidence’ in Trump

Will create an estimated 700 new U.S. jobs

Emily Ferguson
January 3, 2017 11:39 AM

Ford is cancelling its plans to build a new plant in Mexico to invest $700 million in Michigan to create more self-driving and electric cars. The move will create an estimated 700 jobs in the U.S.

Subprime Loans Are Back Thanks to GM

'It's becoming Fannie Motors'

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 1, 2014 11:39 AM

The unstable subprime loans that cratered the housing market are making a come back in the U.S. auto market.

Poll: Attractive Men Drive Black Ford Pickup Trucks, Not Hybrids

Washington Free Beacon Staff
February 19, 2014 11:32 AM

Women think attractive men are most likely to be driving a black Ford pickup truck, according to a new poll by Insure, an independent consumer insurance website.

Complaint: UAW, VW Coerced Workers Into Accepting Unionization

Workers at Tennessee plant file second set of complaints

Bill McMorris
October 16, 2013 4:40 PM

Tennessee autoworkers have filed a second set of complaints alleging that Volkswagen’s corporate headquarters pressured employees to join the United Auto Workers Union.

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