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A sign is seen outside of a General Motors plant in Detroit,  on Jan. 27, 2020. GM said on Thursday it is idling more plants as it continues to deal with a shortage of chips.

More Plants At GM Go Dark As Chip Shortage Continues To Bite

Apr 08, 2021
Ford, Stellantis, and now GM again: Auto makers continue to close plants as they reel from a shortage of chips that poses a critical challenge for the sector.
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Business
The GMC Hummer EV is set to begin production in late 2021.

GM Reintroduces Hummer As Fully Electric Truck, First Model Will Sell For $112,595

Oct 21, 2020
The Hummer EV will go on sale in fall 2021. Known previously for its gas inefficiency, the new Hummer will now run completely on electricity.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Ford brought 71,000 workers back on Monday in North America.

Ford Reopens With 'Rechoreographed' Factories

May 18, 2020
Almost 60,000 Ford workers were back on the job in the U.S. on Monday. Ford head Jim Hackett says the company's factories "create the distance that we're going to need for this to work well."
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Coronavirus Live Updates
General Motors and Ventec Life Systems are partnering to produce ventilators at the GM manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Ind.

GM Will Build 30,000 Ventilators For U.S. Government

Apr 08, 2020
The ventilators will be delivered to the national stockpile by August. The contract, worth nearly $500 million, is the first ventilator order placed using the Defense Production Act.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
General Motors has already started working with a ventilator company, Ventec Life Systems, to help it expand production of the essential medical equipment. Now it might start building the devices itself.

GM Considers Building Ventilators At Indiana Plant

Mar 23, 2020
General Motors has already started working with a ventilator company, Ventec, to help it expand production of the essential medical equipment. Now it might start building the devices itself.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Members of the United Auto Workers union will receive unemployment and supplemental pay, as negotiated under their contract, during the shutdown.

Ford, GM, FCA Suspending Production At North American Plants

Mar 18, 2020
The UAW, the autoworker's union, had been pushing for a two-week shutdown because of worker concerns. Plants will be shut down at least through March 30.
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Business
Hummer SUVs are displayed at a dealer in Schaumburg, Ill., in 2002.

The Hummer Is Coming Back — As An Electric Vehicle

Jan 31, 2020
In the early 2000s, the Hummer was a symbol of gas-guzzling militaristic excess. Now it's getting revived as an electric pickup. It's one sign of how much things have changed in the auto industry.
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GM and LG Chem say they'll create more than 1,100 jobs in the area around Lordstown, Ohio — where GM closed a manufacturing plant earlier this year. Here, GM's former Lordstown Complex is seen one year ago.

GM And LG Chem Plan $2.3 Billion Electric Battery Venture In Ohio

Dec 05, 2019
The two companies expect to create more than 1,100 jobs in northeast Ohio. The new plant will be built near GM's Lordstown facility that was shuttered earlier this year.
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Business
Former United Auto Workers President Gary Jones speaks during the opening of contract talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Auburn Hills, Mich., in July 2019. Jones resigned Wednesday.

UAW President Gary Jones Abruptly Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

Nov 20, 2019
Jones has been the target of a federal probe of alleged corruption in the UAW. The union is also linked to an alleged bribery scheme, according to a lawsuit filed by GM against rival Fiat Chrysler.
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National
A member of the United Auto Workers pickets earlier this month outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa. On Friday the union's members voted to ratify a tentative deal with the automaker, bringing an end to a national strike that lasted 40 days

The Strike Is Over: UAW Members Ratify Deal With General Motors

Oct 25, 2019
On Friday, the United Auto Workers and its nearly 50,000 GM employees signaled an end to the six-week stalemate, voting to OK a deal that the labor union struck with the automaker earlier this month.
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Economy
United Auto Workers members picket Wednesday at a General Motors plant in Flint, Mich. Last year, more U.S. workers went on strike than at any time since 1986.

'It's Time To Get Something Back': Union Workers' Voices Are Getting Louder

Oct 23, 2019
Unions and their supporters around the country are assessing whether the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors is a sign of renewed labor power.
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The Picture Show
Antonio Martinez has worked for GM for three years and Felicia McCray has worked there for five months.

Why GM Workers Are Striking

Sep 20, 2019

As negotiations continue between the automaker and the union, workers express what motivates them to join the picket line. "One fight, we all fight," one worker says.

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National
United Auto Workers President Gary Jones speaks in Detroit on July 16. The FBI is investigating allegations that Jones and other UAW officials accepted bribes.

GM, Union Officials Prepare For Contract Talks Amid Plant Closings And FBI Probes

Sep 12, 2019
General Motors and the United Auto Workers sit down soon to negotiate a new contract. Recession fears and slowing sales are concerns, along with allegations of corruption among UAW leaders.
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Politics
GM's Lordstown, Ohio, plant is one of five in North America that the company plans to shut down. The Trump administration threatened to retaliate by withholding federal subsidies for the company's cars.

Trump Administration Threatens To Withhold Subsidies From GM

Nov 27, 2018
Angered by General Motors' decision to idle plants and lay off thousands of workers, the Trump administration threatened to retaliate by withholding federal subsidies for the company's cars.
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Business
Lordstown Assembly in Ohio, shown here in 2008, is one of the plants at which General Motors plans to cut production in 2019.

GM Announces Cuts At Car Assembly Plants In Michigan, Ohio, Canada

Nov 26, 2018
As part of a major restructuring that will prioritize GM's electric and autonomous vehicle programs, the automaker plans to cut 15 percent of its workforce to save some $6 billion by the end of 2020.
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Economy
Don Skidmore stands in front of a sign for United Auto Workers Local 735, the union chapter he represented as president when he was a General Motors employee.

Life After GM: A Family Upended By Auto Plant Closure Took Divergent Paths

Nov 03, 2018
Ten years after the financial crisis, the recovery hasn't reached everywhere. After the plant at which they worked was shuttered, three members of a family saw their lives change in unexpected ways.
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The Two-Way
General Motors says it has halted operations in Venezuela after authorities seized a factory. The plant was confiscated Wednesday in what GM called an illegal judicial seizure of its assets.

GM Halts Operations In Venezuela After Plant Seizure

Apr 20, 2017
The automaker says its only plant in Venezuela was confiscated by public authorities. Details are murky: Multiple employees at the plant tell NPR car dealers were responsible for the plant takeover.
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All Tech Considered
General Motors has high hopes for the Chevrolet Bolt EV (shown here during its debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last year). It can travel 238 miles on one charge. Currently, the only other all-electric cars with that kind of

Rollout Of Chevy Bolt May Mark Turning Point For Electric Car Market

Feb 13, 2017
The Chevy Bolt can go 238 miles on a single charge and costs about $30,000, after a federal tax credit. But the clean-car industry needs government support to thrive, and that's far from certain.
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The Two-Way
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address Tuesday, with the water crisis in Flint overshadowing most other issues.

Michigan Governor On Water Crisis: 'We Will Fix This'

Jan 19, 2016
Gov. Rick Snyder is facing calls for his resignation over tap water contamination in Flint. In his State of the State address on Tuesday, Snyder said he would release his emails from 2014 and 2015.
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The Two-Way

General Motors To Settle Criminal Case Over Deadly Defective Ignition Switches

Sep 16, 2015
General Motors will pay a reported $900 million and sign an agreement to end an investigation into defective ignition switches linked to 124 deaths.
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Business

As Big 3 Automakers Begin Union Talks, Both Sides Say Profit Is Job 1

Jul 14, 2015
GM and the UAW kicked off contract talks Monday; Chrysler and Ford will do the same this month. Negotiations are never easy, but since industry bailouts in 2009, there's a stronger push to cooperate.
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The Two-Way
The new F-150's aluminum body cuts about 700 pounds off the truck's weight.

Ford's New Aluminum F-150, VW Golf Take Top Detroit Auto Show Honors

Jan 12, 2015
Also notable was the unveiling of General Motors' all-electric Chevrolet Bolt concept car, which seems a clear rival to the Tesla.
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