Festering animosity between the United Auto Workers and Southern senators who torpedoed the auto industry bailout bill erupted into full-fledged name calling Friday as union officials accused the lawmakers of trying to break the union on behalf of foreign automakers. ...more

December 12, 2008

General Motors Corp.'s efforts to hoard cash and outlast a prolonged economic slump claimed the jobs of more than 2,700 workers Monday as the automaker announced the demise of factories in Michigan and Wisconsin. ...more

October 15, 2008

As Jabil Circuit Inc. negotiates with local governments for incentives to keep its headquarters in St. Petersburg, the company announced 120 local job cuts Thursday. That's about 6.5 percent of the local work force. ...more

September 12, 2008

Jabil Circuit Inc. will lay off 120 workers at its local facilities, company officials said today. ...more

September 11, 2008

At a General Motors Corp. factory just west of Detroit, about 1,000 workers are still cranking out mighty but thirsty V-8 engines that go into pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. ...more

July 19, 2008

If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing. ...more

July 9, 2008

General Motors Corp. will furlough entire shifts of workers at some truck factories and may move them to nearby car plants as it restructures to adjust to a rapidly changing U.S. market brought on by $4 a gallon gasoline. ...more

May 30, 2008

With the ink barely dry on a new four-year labor contract, Chrysler LLC says it plans to cut up to 12,000 jobs and remove four models from its lineup. ...more

November 2, 2007