Its years as the nation's largest employer a distant memory, General Motors may still be setting the trend for corporate-worker relations in shedding its obligation for the health care of 340,000 retirees. ...more

October 16, 2007

There was some dissent and a lot of questions, but in the end, local United Auto Workers leaders voted to recommend approval of a new four-year contract with Chrysler LLC that is similar to one ratified last week with General Motors Corp. ...more

October 16, 2007

The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative four-year contract with Chrysler on Wednesday, hours after going on strike and the same day General Motors workers ratified a separate four-year pact. ...more

October 11, 2007

Local union leaders on Friday endorsed a tentative agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers that requires GM to pay at least $35 billion for retiree health care and offers an unprecedented number of promises for future work at U.S. plants, according to a summary of the agreement provided by the UAW. ...more

September 29, 2007

GM's tentative new contract with the United Auto Workers offers the other struggling domestic automakers, Ford and Chrysler, enough cost-cutting inducements to find common ground and strike a deal with the union, analysts said Wednesday. ...more

September 27, 2007

People will lose weight for money, even a little money, suggests a study that offers another option for employers looking for ways to cut health care costs. ...more

September 25, 2007

Stocks advanced solidly Thursday, led by strong gains among the blue chips and mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., which signaled a possible thawing in the credit markets with the announcement it had lined up additional financing. ...more

September 14, 2007