Automaker GM has announced plans to hire 200 workers at its Baltimore, Maryland plant. GM will invest $246 million into a Baltimore transmission factory to make electric motors for a next-generation hybrid in 2013. The plant already makes transmissions for full-size truck hybrids like the Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade SUV.GM received a grant of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Ford Motor Company is set to announce today that it is adding a second shift to its Chicago assembly plant. 1,200 jobs will be created including some union jobs that pay a significantly lower wage. These lower wages are a “second tier” wage and a concession for the United Auto Workers union, where wages have [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
There’s good news in Arkansas via our friends from France. French-company Saint Jean Industries will more than double the number of employees at its auto-parts plant in Heber Springs as part of a $14 million expansion. Saint Jean said through a press release the facility, which currently employs 180 workers, will be bolstered through 250 additional [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 14, 2010
Several major automakers are ready to hire new employees as the Center for Automotive Studies predicts 2010 new auto sales will rise to 12.4 million after declining to 10.4 million in 2009. Auto labor expert Harley Shaiken says the hiring “…is encouraging. But it also reflects how far jobs sank in the industry.” Ford Motor [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 18, 2009
GM has been trying to unload the Saab brand but after the latest talks with Dutch automaker Spyker Cars failed to produce a deal, the company has decided to shut down production of the Swedish line of cars. Closing the Saab brand will cost at least 3400 jobs worldwide and affect another 1,100 dealers. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 17, 2009
Chrysler is investing $179 million into a plant in Dundee, Michigan, to manufacture engines for the Fiat 500 minicar. The expansion will bring 155new jobs and create an additional 418 indirect jobs with suppliers and other support businesses. Production of the new engines will begin 4th quarter of 2010, the company says. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Materials Innovation Technologies, a North Carolina company that develops advanced textile products for use in the automotive, aeronautics and defense industries is setting up shop in South Carolina. The new facility will be built in Florence county and is expected to bring in 120 new jobs. The company plans to hire for the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 9, 2009
BMW is adding two additional shifts at its plant in Greer, South Carolina. Former BMW employees will be contacted first to see if they are still available to work before additional hiring decisions are made, the company said. The jobs have been described as temporary, citing a volatile market and the need to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Metavation, a producer of parts for the automotive industry, has announced that 122 workers will lose their jobs due to the closure of a plant in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Employees were notified on Friday about the closure. Metavation will be consolidating their facilities. Most of the lines will be transplanted to a plant in Mt. [...]
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