Articles Tagged with ''General Motors''

SAO PAULO, Brazil—A Brazilian union carried out a 24-hour strike on Monday at the GM assembly plant here to protest dwindling output.

BIRMINGHAM, MI—Wealth management firm The Schindler Group is hosting a series of free, educational webinars for Ford and GM retirees who face the question of whether to take a pension or a lump-sum payment. The webinars will be held at 1 p.m. EDT July 10 and 16.

FORT WAYNE, IN—GM officials said a Gay Pride flag flying at its assembly plant here is a means to “foster constructive dialogue on the importance of diversity.”

DETROIT—Several hundred salaried GM retirees and spouses with ties to the assembly plant in Janesville, WI, are facing pension plan changes that one local investment adviser says will be “grueling.”

ARLINGTON, TX—GM will add a third shift and about 800 jobs to its truck assembly plant here early next year.

PITTSBURGH—GM is using simulation software from ANSYS to optimize performance of batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.

ARLINGTON, TX—Firefighters this morning rescued a GM worker whose foot became pinned under a piece of equipment on the assembly line.

LANSING, MI—GM has already hired 460 of the 600 workers it will need for a new second shift at its assembly plant here.

DETROIT—GM is hiring 200 people at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant ahead of starting production of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu later this summer.

WENTZVILLE, MO— GM began construction yesterday on a $380 million expansion of its assembly plant here.