DETROIT-Dozens of United Auto Workers and their supporters are rallying outside the North American International Auto Show to defend their wages, which could be cut under the current terms of the federal loans to Chrysler and General Motors Corp. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn says his company remains committed to building a new assembly plant in Tennessee, despitethe slumping U.S. economy. MORE
DETROIT-The first class of the Henry Ford Health System’s nursing recruitment program for displaced auto workers is underway. In partnership with Oakland University, Henry Ford developed the program to assist those seeking a career change and to address the nursing shortage. Oakland University offered places for up to 100 displaced auto workers to qualify for a prenursing program. MORE
DETROIT-The new battery manufacturing plant proposed by A123 Systems for southeast Michigan will be highly automated. About 80 percent of the jobs in the plant are expected to be manufacturing positions. MORE
BLUE SPRINGS, MS-Mississippi will recoup some of the money it put toward Toyota Motor Corp.’s planned automobile assembly plant here, despite the project’s delay. Beginning in 2010, the Japanese automaker will pay its portion of the debt service with $10 million annual payments. At the same time, it will begin making $5 million annual payments to North Mississippi school districts. MORE
About 80 percent of Johnson Controls Inc. employees laid off from their jobs at JCI’s Oakland Parkway facility are expected to return to work Feb. 9 when GM’s Spring Hill manufacturing plant reopens for business. More than 100 of those who work at the Columbia plant were put on indefinite leave Dec. 23. MORE
DUBLIN, Ireland-U.S. computer maker Dell Inc. is cutting its Irish workforce by about 1,900 and shifting its European manufacturing operations to Poland in an effort to boost profits. MORE
LANSING, MI-After winning $7.3 million in state tax incentives, Global Wind Systems Inc. is on track to become Michigan's first manufacturer of utility-scale wind turbines. MORE
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