SMYRNA, TN—Total employment at Nissan’s assembly plant here could be pushing 6,000 workers—nearly double its current level—by early next year, as the automaker boosts production of the Leaf and Pathfinder vehicles.
LOUISVILLE, KY—Teamsters Local 89 is threatening to picket Ford’s Louisville assembly plant as it prepares to begin production of the Escape next month. The union fears Ford is going to hire only nonunion drivers at lower wages to prepare the vehicles for shipment to car dealers.
TOLEDO, OH—An employee wounded in a 2005 shooting at a Jeep assembly plant here has filed a lawsuit against the plant’s security company and the gunman’s estate.
BARRINGTON, NJ—Edmund Optics is accepting applications for its higher education grant program. In an effort to support outstanding undergraduate and graduate optics programs at nonprofit colleges and universities, Edmund Optics will be awarding grants worldwide totaling $80,000.
DETROIT—Just two years after it was rescued and reconstituted through bankruptcy and a government bailout, GM has posted the biggest profit in its history.
TAIPEI--Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known as Foxconn, said Friday it has raised the basic salary of all assembly line workers in Shenzhen, China by 16 to 25 percent since Feb. 1. The statement comes amid on-site inspections being performed by the non-profit Fair Labor Association, requested by Apple Inc.
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