General Motors News Updates

Government, Business, Equipment

Ford Ends Ventilator Production After Making 50,000

Ford is ending production of ventilators and returning the factory where they were built to full-time auto-parts output after completing delivering 50,000 ventilators to the government.

August 31, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Army Corps to Hold Hearing on Proposed Battery Plant at Lordstown, Ohio

Plans to build a $2.3 billion electric battery assembly plant near General Motors Corp.’s shuttered automobile plant in Lordstown, Ohio, will be reviewed during a March 12 public hearing in Lordstown.

February 26, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety

GM Recalls Pickups for Second Time on Software Glitch

General Motors is recalling about 162,000 full-size pickup trucks worldwide for a second time because of faulty brake control software that was installed in a recall from last year.

February 7, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous

GM’s Cruise to Unveil Its First Autonomous Vehicle

The vehicle Cruise has been developing along with GM is a purpose-built electric, autonomous model designed to be more spacious and passenger-friendly than a conventional, human-driven car.

January 21, 2020
Business, Equipment

General Motors Workers Ratify Contract, 40-Day Strike to End

ROMULUS, Mich. — Striking General Motors factory workers will put down their picket signs after approving a new contract that will end a 40-day strike that paralyzed the company’s U.S. production.

October 25, 2019
Business, Logistics

GM Losing Patience With UAW Over Nearly Monthlong Strike

General Motors Co.’s chief labor negotiator suggested the United Auto Workers is dragging its feet in responding to the automaker’s latest contract offer in a show of frustration with a strike that’s lumbering toward the one-month mark.

October 11, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

GM Factory Hands Making 40% Less Than Their Coworkers

The future of temps has been among the major impasses contributing to the United Auto Workers union’s strike against GM, now in its 25th day.

October 10, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

GM Strike Seen Forcing Credit Firms to Mull Action

The United Auto Workers union’s strike against General Motors Co. may force credit raters to take action and move the company closer to junk status, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

October 9, 2019
Government, Business

GM Strike Sends Another Knock to Wobbly US Steel Sector

With its midyear recovery already in doubt, the American steel industry now has a little more to worry about with each passing day a strike drags on at General Motors Co.

October 8, 2019
Business

Union Says Talks With GM Have ‘Taken a Turn for the Worse’

The strike at General Motors Co. entered its fourth week with the United Auto Workers union and the carmaker at an impasse over investment in U.S. factories, overshadowing progress made in recent days on other key issues.

October 7, 2019