YORK, PA-Harley-Davidson will establish a pool of 300 to 500 “flexible workers” for its assembly plant here. The employees will work as needed, calling into the plant each week to receive their schedule. Although they will not receive benefits, they will earn $16.75 per hour. MORE
LANSING, MI-GM’s Lansing Grand River assembly plant will shut down for six weeks this summer as it prepares to start production of a new Cadillac. MORE
SPARTANBURG, SC-BMW plans to invest another $100 million into its assembly plant here on the heels of a $750 million expansion the automaker completed last year. MORE
PONTIAC, IL-With only a few hours to spare, Caterpillar Inc. and the United Auto Workers avoided a work stoppage and reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract. MORE
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN-American Commercial Lines Inc. will recall approximately 200 hourly employees and hiring several salaried supervisory personnel at its barge assembly plant here. MORE