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NYTimes.com: Chrysler and Union Agree to Deal Before Federal Deadline
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 26 Apr '09

26 Apr '09

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. BUSINESS | April 27, 2009 Chrysler and Union Agree to Deal Before Federal Deadline By NICK BUNKLEY and BILL VLASIC The agreement, which includes Fiat, meets the government's requirements for the automaker to receive more financing. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/business/27chrysler.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Iron Pipe Maker Is Fined $8 Million for Violations
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. NEW YORK REGION | April 25, 2009 Iron Pipe Maker Is Fined $8 Million for Violations By DAVID BARSTOW McWane Inc. was fined $8 million on Friday for dozens of workplace safety and environmental crimes at its New Jersey plant. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/nyregion/25pipe.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: As Jobs Die, Europe's Migrants Head Home
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | April 25, 2009 As Jobs Die, Europe's Migrants Head Home By RACHEL DONADIO and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ After a decade of growth that attracted workers to booming Western countries, a reversal is taking place. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/world/europe/25migrants.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Plight of Carmakers Could Upset All Pension Plans
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. BUSINESS | April 24, 2009 Plight of Carmakers Could Upset All Pension Plans By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Pension experts predict that a government takeover of the plans at G.M. and Chrysler would spur other auto companies and all types of manufacturers to abandon such benefits for competitive reasons. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/business/24pensions.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

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: [IWS] BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN MARCH 2009 [23 April 2009]]
by Eugene McElroy 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

MASS LAYOFFS IN MARCH 2009 [23 April 2009] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf [full-text, 10 pages] Employers took 2,933 mass layoff actions in March that resulted in the separation of 299,388 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported to- day. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in March increased by 164 from the prior month, while the number of associated initial claims increased by 3,911. Over the year, the number of mass layoff events increased by 1,348, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 137,891. In March, the manufacturing sector experienced 1,259 mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 155,909 initial claims. Over the month, mass layoff events in manufacturing increased by 24, and initial claims increased by 3,291. (See table 1.) Layoff events and initial claims rose to their highest levels on record, with data available back to 1995; events in the manufacturing sector also reached its highest level. During the 16 months from December 2007 through March 2009, the total number of mass layoff events (seasonally adjusted) was 31,414, and the number of initial claims (seasonally adjusted) was 3,227,201. (December 2007 was the start of a recession as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.) The national unemployment rate was 8.5 percent in March 2009, sea- sonally adjusted, up from 8.1 percent the prior month and from 5.1 per- cent a year earlier. In March, total nonfarm payroll employment de- creased by 663,000 over the month and by 4,795,000 from a year earlier. AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES.... ____________ **************************************** Stuart Basefsky Director, IWS News Bureau Institute for Workplace Studies Cornell/ILR School 16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (607) 255-2703 Fax: (607) 255-9641 E-mail: smb6(a)cornell.edu **************************************** -- Eugene McElroy Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Library 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 732-932-9513 tel: 732-932-9513 ********

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GM to shut many U.S. plants up to 9 weeks, AP reports
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

This story was sent to you by: eugene -------------------- GM to shut many U.S. plants up to 9 weeks, AP reports -------------------- >From the Associated Press April 22 2009, 4:20 PM PDT DETROIT — General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, two people briefed on the plan said today. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gm-factories23-2009apr23,0,1676400.st… Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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NYTimes.com: After Losing Freedom, Some Immigrants Face Loss of Custody of Their Children
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. US | April 23, 2009 After Losing Freedom, Some Immigrants Face Loss of Custody of Their Children By GINGER THOMPSON Crackdowns against illegal immigrants across the U.S. are thrusting local courts into transnational custody battles, leaving thousands of children in limbo. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/23children.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Slump Creates Lack of Mobility for Americans
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. US | April 23, 2009 Slump Creates Lack of Mobility for Americans By SAM ROBERTS Fewer Americans changed residence in 2008 than in any year since 1962, the Census Bureau said. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/23census.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

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[IWS] EPI: KEEPING AUTO INDUSTRY JOBS IN THE U.S. [8 April 2009]]
by Eugene McElroy 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Economic Policy Institute (EPI) EPI Briefing Paper #233 Invest in America: Essential policies needed to secure U.S. jobs and broadly shared prosperity in the auto industry [8 April 2009] by Robert E. Scott http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/bp233/ or http://www.epi.org/page/-/pdf/bp233.pdf [full-text, 13 pages] [excerpt] The trend is clear: more and more of Big Three auto production is taking place in countries other than the United States. Big Three motor vehicle production in Mexico increased in 2008 while it fell 24% in the United States and 25% in Canada. As a result, the Mexican share of total North American production rose between 3 to 4 percentage points for GM, Ford, and Chrysler in 2008. GM has invested $3.6 billion in Mexico in the past three years and is increasing its commitment to Mexican production by having its new Aveo subcompact built there instead of in the United States (Black 2008). And the Big Three plan even greater future investments outside of the United States: GM announced plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil (Ortolani 2008), and Chrysler is investing $570 million in a new engine factory near Saltillo in the Mexican state of Coahuila. At the same time, GM and Chrysler are seeking nearly $22 billion in additional restructuring aid from the Obama administration. Taken together, these facts make an Invest in America requirement an essential component of any further government assistance for U.S. auto companies. This paper reviews recent trends in auto production and in trade in vehicles and parts in North America and demonstrates that GM and Chrysler are planning to rapidly shift additional production to Mexico. To address this shift, the Obama administration and Congress should adopt three policies as a part of any auto restructuring plan: Cap imports: A standstill agreement on the number of cars and trucks imported from Mexico, as a share of actual sales; Mexico could share in the benefits of recovery, but not at the direct expense of autoworkers in the United States or Canada. Stabilize domestic content: Require that the domestic content of cars and trucks sold in the United States, on average, equals or exceeds the 2008 domestic content shares. This will limit offshoring of parts and vehicle production by GM and Chrysler. Reform labor rights in Mexican auto assembly plants: Anti-democratic labor laws and lax enforcement policies have systematically kept wages low in Mexico and encouraged companies like GM and Chrysler to outsource production there. Weak labor rights are endemic to Mexico, and reform of labor rights in auto plants could help pave the way for improvements throughout Mexicos labor market. Key reforms in this areas would include: 1. Eliminating unelected, employer-dominated protection unions; 2. Enforcing and strengthening of union members democratic right to decide if they want to be represented by a union of their own choice; and 3. Ensuring that auto companies and their suppliers allow independent unions to have access to their workers in Mexico and that employees can freely choose a bargaining representative of their own choice. **************************************** Stuart Basefsky Director, IWS News Bureau Institute for Workplace Studies Cornell/ILR School 16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (607) 255-2703 Fax: (607) 255-9641 E-mail: smb6(a)cornell.edu **************************************** -- Eugene McElroy Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Library 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 732-932-9513 tel: 732-932-9513 ********

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NYTimes.com: One Town's Rare Ray of Hope: New Auto Plant
by sagauro＠rci.rutgers.edu 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

This page was sent to you by: sagauro(a)rci.rutgers.edu. US | April 22, 2009 One Town's Rare Ray of Hope: New Auto Plant By MICHAEL LUO To the residents of a former mill town, the opening of a Kia plant later this year is heaven-sent. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/us/22kia.html?emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

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