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FILE - Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV, is seen on Jan. 16, 2019, in Detroit.
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GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit

Associated Press December 11, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors said Tuesday it will retreat from the robotaxi business and stop funding its money-losing Cruise...

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File - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain talks with members picketing near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
  • Auto
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Auto workers stop expanding strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession

Associated Press October 6, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit's three automakers after General...

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President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the show room during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit.
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Biden taps Sperling to smooth UAW contract talks with Detroit automakers

Quinn Klinefelter July 10, 2023

The Biden administration is dispatching one of its top economic advisors to help smooth over relations between the United Auto...

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An assembly worker working on a Chevy Silverado at the Flint Assembly Plant.
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GM investing over $1B in two Flint plants for heavy duty truck production, metal center

Quinn Klinefelter June 5, 2023

Officials with General Motors say the automaker will invest more than $1 billion to help produce heavy-duty trucks in Flint,...

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NAIAS 2018 auto show floor GM GMC trucks 1/16/2018
  • Auto
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Jobs & the Economy

Detroit Today: Why GM is offering buyouts to salaried employees

Detroit Today, Sam Corey March 22, 2023

In a move General Motors says it’s making in hopes of avoiding layoffs, the manufacturer is offering voluntary buyouts to...

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NAIAS 2018 auto show floor GM GMC trucks 1/16/2018
  • Auto
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Why GM decided to drop the four-year college degree requirement

Detroit Today August 17, 2022

Two years ago, companies made pledges to donate to socially just causes and to do better to become more equitable...

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GM UAW on strike at Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant
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What Do General Motors Union Workers on Strike Do When They’re Not Picketing?

Laura Herberg October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. United Auto Workers have been on strike against...

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GM ignitions
  • Jobs & the Economy
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Officials Approve More Compensation Claims Tied To Defective GM Ignitions

Quinn Klinefelter April 6, 2015

   The list of those being compensated for injuries suffered because of faulty General Motors’ ignition switches is growing.   ...

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GM Divorcing Itself From Russia

Quinn Klinefelter March 18, 2015

   Officials with General Motors say the company will cease production at a factory in Russia by this summer as...

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  • Jobs & the Economy
  • News

Fiat Floats Possible Chrysler Merger

Quinn Klinefelter March 16, 2015

   Could Detroit’s Big Three automakers become the Huge Two? Or one?      It’s a possibility, according to the head of...

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