Posts Tagged ‘auto worker’

Oz-some: HSV W427 launches Down Under

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the HSV W427"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts." That's what Han Solo says about the Millenium Falcon. You could apply the same saying to the HSV W427 super-duper sedan just launched by Holden's in-house performance division. I mean, tha......

U of M Economics professor tackles tough question of UAW wages

Friday, May 11th, 2007
UPDATE: Link to source finally added. Our bad. A tip sent us to the blog of Dr. Mark J. Perry, professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan, who points out that hourly union workers at the Big 3 make on average 57.6% more in a year than a university professor with a Ph.D. Using f......

Chrysler Corp. gives CAW written guarantee jobs are safe

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
You didn't want to cross paths with Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove on Monday after he found out that Chrysler had been sold to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. The CAW prez was absolutely livid, pissed even, that the CAW was never consulted, not even informally, ab......