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Teamsters, CtW Investment Group Demand Amazon Reveal Workplace Safety Record
The request comes after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allowed Amazon to exclude a shareholder proposal that the two investors had filed to be voted on at the online retailer’s annual meeting of shareholders, scheduled for May 27. It’s the latest example of government agencies suppressing democracy under the current administration. The investors are appealing the SEC’s staff decision to the full Commission today. Continue reading
US Trade Deficit $39.9 Billion in February
March, given an economy in free-fall, will see a bigger decrease in the deficit, but that’s not good news. Roughly two-thirds of the US economy comes from consumer spending. Yesterday, the Labor Department reported that a record number of 6.6 million people applied for unemployment last week. During the last two weeks more than 10 million people in the US were out of work. That should take your breathe away – sadly like Corona virus. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, COVID-19 denials, COVID-19 Pandemic, Kenneth Zino
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Data Point: 2020 Census Paid Temporary Workers Released
Data will help sorting out the mess created by the US’s unpreparedness for what is now a Global Pandemic with the US a leader in cases, illnesses and deaths. Continue reading
Ventec Life Systems and GM to Mass Produce Ventilators
Under Trump Administration do-nothing policies that refused until this morning to invoke the Defense Production Act (while criticizing GM? Insiders say that GM was waiting for Government Agency approvals). There are now clearly global back-orders of critical care ventilators capable of supporting patients fighting COVID-19. Nonetheless, companies are adding thousands of units of new capacity with a significantly expanded supply chain capable of supporting high volume production. GM is contributing its resources at cost. Continue reading
FCA Expands Coronavirus Relief – 1 Million Meals for Kids
FCA said publicly yesterday its plants across the U.S. and Canada, as well as headquarters operations and construction projects, are to remain closed only until 14 April, dependent upon the various states’ stay-in-place orders and the readiness of each facility to return to production. (FCA to Restart of North American Operations?) The UAW is apparently not pleased with the decision that threatens the health and safety of its members. (UAW Balks at Reopening Workplaces) Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, COVID-19 Pandemic, fca, Kenneth Zino, Mike Manley
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FCA to Restart of North American Operations?
Note the irony of an Italian owned company where COVID-19 is raging unabated, assuming a business as usual approach to the global pandemic where the untied sates is now leading in the rate of diagnosis of the virus. Continue reading
Posted in economy, environment, labor issues, manufacturing, people
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, COVID-19, fca, Kenneth Zino, uaw
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UAW Balks at Reopening Workplaces
“The only guideline in a boardroom should be management asking themselves, “Would I send my family — my own son or daughter — into that plant and be 100% certain they are safe?” – UAW President Rory L. Gamble Continue reading
Goodwood Festival of Speed Postponed
Plans for the Goodwood Revival will continue to be reviewed, in the hope that the event will be able to go ahead as planned on September 11-13. A new date for the postponed 78th Members’ Meeting is also being reviewed. Continue reading
Ford to Delay N.A. Plants Resuming Production
“In light of various governments’ orders to stay and work from home, Ford is not planning to restart our plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico on Monday, March 30 as originally hoped.” Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, COVID-19, Kenneth Zino, Kumar Galhotra, plant closings
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Ford Stops Production in India, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam
Ford is changing its original IMG production schedule and will temporarily suspend production market-by-market. Continue reading
Cooper Tire Stops Manufacturing in the Americas
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company today announced it will shut down its tire manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico to protect the health and safety of employees and respond to market demand that has been declining by the coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. heads into a recession. Continue reading
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Delayed to October 2020
BMW will continue to monitor the development of the spread of the coronavirus and expects a final confirmation this June. Continue reading
Ford Britain Shuts Dagenham and Bridgend Engine Plants
This means production at Dagenham Engine Plant in east London will temporarily cease from Monday, March 23. Bridgend Engine Plant in South Wales will temporarily cease production from the end of the day on Wednesday, March 25. Continue reading
Nissan Stops US production as COVID-19 Expands
Currently, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 coronavirus at any Nissan facility. Continue reading
COVID-19 – GM Gives $2.65 Million to 40 Non-Profits
Included in these efforts is a $1 million grant to the DonorsChoose Keep Kids Learning plan, which provides $1,000 credits to 1,000 teachers in high-need school districts to help send basic resources like books, pencils, notebooks, food and cleaning supplies to students’ homes. Continue reading →