Sentences with phrase «auto workers of»

I know how much the auto industry and the auto workers of this state have struggled over the last decade or so.

Obama told the gathered auto workers of his National Export Initiative, a goal to double U.S. exports by 2015 by reducing trade barriers and helping exporting businesses.

Not exact matches

EATON RAPIDS, Mich. — Authorities say explosions and a large fire at an auto parts plant in Michigan injured two people and forced the evacuation of workers.

And Ross, who had gone quiet on NAFTA after it looked for a while like he would be running the show, re-emerged last week to promote a new Commerce department study that he said proves American auto workers are the victims of a flawed arrangement that favours Canada and Mexico.

The province will ultimately require all employers with five or more employees to auto - enrol their workers and deduct contributions at a default rate of 4 % of earnings.

Ford (f) has repeatedly said it has no plans to close any U.S. plants and likely could not do so under the terms of the current United Auto Workers contract that expires in 2019.

Unifor was created out of last year's merger between the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions.

The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers have the blessing of their respective members to merge and transform for a new era of labour relations.

One of the most exciting developments in Canada is the innovative, forward - looking proposal being developed by two of Canada's largest private sector unions: the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP) and the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW).

The Take is about a group of workers at an Argentinian auto - parts factory who, rather than accept unemployment when the factory's owner shuts it down, instead decide to occupy the factory, re-start the machines, and run it themselves.

Some of the types of insurance you may be required to carry include general liability, commercial auto, employer's liability, worker's compensation and professional liability / errors and omissions insurance.

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Despite comments suggesting that the Canadian Auto Workers and other unions are to blame for the loss of jobs at Electro - Motive and elsewhere, in reality their power has greatly declined.

Few could have imagined before he took office that the birthplace of the United Auto Workers union would become a right - to - work state, but that is exactly what happened last year after Snyder pushed the legislation through in 2012.

For example, the law includes a so - called auto - enrollment provision, which requires that any employee of a company with over 200 workers be enrolled in the plan unless they opt out of it.

It's a bunch of companies with low workers - compensation and auto - insurance losses that band together to insure themselves.

Its contract with the U.S. - based wing of DaimlerChrysler doesn't expire until September 2008, a year later than its U.S. counterpart, the United Auto Workers.

The head of the Canadian Auto Workers says he will try to thwart billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's bid for Chrysler, fearing Kerkorian will cost thousands of workers theiWorkers says he will try to thwart billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's bid for Chrysler, fearing Kerkorian will cost thousands of workers theiworkers their jobs.

And after the company fired hundreds of workers, it faced a complaint from the United Auto Wworkers, it faced a complaint from the United Auto WorkersWorkers.

The growing number of discrimination lawsuits against Tesla come as the company is also facing a unionization campaign from the United Auto Workers.

Leaders of the United Auto Workers union regularly raise concerns about U.S. - China automotive trade.

Bob White and the auto workers captured the attention of many Canadians by breaking away from their American parent union in 1985 and then leading an inspired campaign against the Mulroney government's proposed free trade agreement with the United States.

One enormous myth that has been propagated (sometimes innocently, sometimes not) in recent debates over the future of the auto industry is the false notion that auto workers «make» $ 75 per hour.

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney was the first Canadian central banker to speak in front of the country's auto workers today.

There can be no realistic argument not to make adjustments just because it would strain the Mexico economy (which is much in need of reform, why do auto workers only make $ 5 / day?).

Twenty auto plants will operate with three shifts or three crews of workers by the end of this year in North America, said Tracy Handler, an IHS Automotive analyst based in Northville, Michigan.

The move is part of a promise it made in 2011 to the United Auto Workers.

(For different reasons, the same might be said of many media professionals and auto workers.)

The United States accounts for an overwhelming share of the total NAFTA auto market today — 83 percent, in fact — yet American workers are not reaping the benefits of that purchasing power.

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The United Auto Workers union said GM's new investments «have emerged as a result of the 2015» contract with the union.

But did that growth come at the expense of U.S. auto workers?

The situation is much worse at parts suppliers, where workers earn about 70 cents for every dollar earned by auto parts workers in Michigan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The auto trade deficit with Mexico represents almost two - thirds of Canada's overall auto trade deficit of $ 18.5 - billion (Canadian), said Jim Stanford, former economist for Unifor, which represents workers at the Detroit Three's Canadian plants.

In 5 of the 10 «Auto Alley» states — Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee — new hires at auto parts plants are paid roughly one - quarter less than the other auto parts workers in the stAuto Alley» states — Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee — new hires at auto parts plants are paid roughly one - quarter less than the other auto parts workers in the stauto parts plants are paid roughly one - quarter less than the other auto parts workers in the stauto parts workers in the state.

But in some parts of the country a grass - roots movement of laid - off workers resisting the plant closures is exerting surprising pressure upon its own leadership, as the recent vote by the rank and file membership of United Auto Workers to defy its own leadership and decisively reject a wage agreement with Chrysler Corporation appears to inworkers resisting the plant closures is exerting surprising pressure upon its own leadership, as the recent vote by the rank and file membership of United Auto Workers to defy its own leadership and decisively reject a wage agreement with Chrysler Corporation appears to inWorkers to defy its own leadership and decisively reject a wage agreement with Chrysler Corporation appears to indicate.

From where I stood at Woodward and Adelaide, Martin Luther King Jr. — accompanied by then - Detroit mayor, Jerome Cavanaugh, Rev. C. L. Franklin (father of hometown legend and goddess Aretha Franklin), United Auto Workers president Walter Reuther, Rev. Albert Cleage, and more than 125,000 people — walked to where Woodward meets Jefferson Ave., and turned right.

The Park District is exploring whether outside firms could provide refuse collection for all of its regions - except the lakefront - and repair its truck and auto fleet more cheaply and efficiently than in - house workers.

Examples of other policies to be considered include Workers» Compensation if required by state law; Property insurance to cover buildings and contents against loss due to fire, wind, theft, vandalism, etc.; Equipment insurance to cover equipment that may move from location to location; and Auto insurance if vehicles are owned.

The labor organizations who banded together include: 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the New York State Nurses Association, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, District Council 37, and locals of the United Auto Workers and Communications Workers of America.

The same ignorance that floods the mind of layed - off steel workers, textile workers, auto workers, others; that can't understand that the labor cost is twice or TEN times too expensive, when that labor can be performed at 1/2 or 1/10 the cost overseas.

Albany — A former employee of a major state workers union is suing the organization, claiming he was fired after suffering a serious auto accident that forced him to work on a part - time, light duty schedule.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

Paul Schuh, a leader of the United Auto Workers in western New York, is a delegate, as is Michael McGuire of the Mason Tenders.

Dromm also was recently endorsed by the Citizens Union, United Auto Workers and the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys.

He later added support from the United Auto Workers, United Federation of Teachers, and members of DC37 — who each endorsed de Blasio, despite a series of overlapping investigations into the mayor's fundraising practices.

Just this week he signed a bill on the Janus issue, which is very important to our members,» said Beverley Brakeman, assistant director of the United Auto Workers Region 9A.

The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

But a spokesman for Mr McCluskey's leadership campaign said: «Unite members will be baffled by this nonsense when they see daily that Len McCluskey's priority is to fight for their jobs, pay and pensions, as he is doing today for the tens of thousands of UK workers who depend on the auto industry for their livelihoods.»

The most interesting point here is the in - roads Schneiderman has been making in the Buffalo area, where he picked up the support last week of Sen. Antoine Thompson, the Hispanic Alliance of Western New York, and the local affiliates of Citizen Action, 1199 / SEIU and the United Auto Workers.