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- Saginaw auto workers await Axle settlement
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- Lowering of education eligibility norm for auto drivers being…
- Sharpen your pencil, Mr. McGuinty
- ‘Windsor is falling apart’
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SportingNews.com – May 17, 2008
– You can understand Jeff Gordon’s point of view when he talks wistfully of Dale Jarrett’s departure from NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. Jarrett announced last year that the 2008 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race would be his last Cup event. Gordon’s not on the verge of retirement yet, but he can project ahead to a time when he’ll have more room for leisure activities.
Saginaw auto workers await Axle settlement
mlive.com – May 17, 2008
open(url,winname,options) newwin. A deal that could end an 80-day strike at auto parts maker American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. means hundreds of Saginaw workers also soon may return to work. The Detroit-based company boosted a wage offer and increased payments it will give workers to take a cut as part of a tentative agreement that could settle an 11-week strike by the United Auto Workers union, a person briefed on the deal said Saturday. The agreement is not finalized because workers must review it first, but auto officials in mid-Michigan are hopeful.
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SportingNews.com – May 17, 2008
– Open-wheel stars AJ Allmendinger and Sam Hornish Jr. raced their way into Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway by finishing 1-2 in the Sprint Showdown, which preceded the main event. Allmendinger led every lap of the second segment of the 40-lap event.
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SportingNews.com – May 17, 2008
– Sometimes it pays to be popular. On Saturday night, it paid Kasey Kahne $1 million. Voted by fans into the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway after he failed to make the field in the Sprint Showdown qualifying race, Kasey Kahne made the most of his opportunity — winning the All-Star race by 1.
Lowering of education eligibility norm for auto drivers being…
Hindu – May 17, 2008
Nehru handing over keys to an autorickshaw driver at a function in Chennai on Thursday. CHENNAI: The State government will consider lowering the eligibility norm with regard to the academic qualification of drivers seeking autorickshaw permits under a government subsidy scheme, according to Transport Minister K. He was speaking at a function held to hand over 163 autorickshaws to drivers, who had applied for permits under the scheme.
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Sharpen your pencil, Mr. McGuinty
Globe and Mail – May 17, 2008
The unions say Canadian car factories are getting killed by the rising dollar and by unfair trade, and ask the government for financial aid. The auto manufacturers say they’re getting killed by the rising dollar and high costs; they ask the unions for lower wages and the government for financial aid. The government obliges, kicking in millions to help lure a plant here or to keep one from closing there. The auto makers lay off more workers anyway… The unions say Canadian car factories are getting killed by the rising dollar and by unfair trade, and ask the government for financial aid. The auto manufacturers say they’re getting killed by the rising dollar and high costs; they ask the unions for lower wages and the government for financial aid. The government obliges, kicking in millions to help lure a plant here or to keep one from closing there. The auto makers lay off more workers anyway. Eventually, the unions and the companies shake hands on a contract that fails to reduce wages. But both sides still want public money.
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‘Windsor is falling apart’
Toronto Star – May 17, 2008
"? Bruce Springsteen, "My Hometown"WINDSOR?Gerry Farnham saw the pain and despair in the worker’s face as the man sat across his desk at the local union office last spring. The worker had come to his union, CAW Local 195, and its president, Farnham, for help. He desperately needed a job after several months of layoff from the auto industry. Farnham recalls that tears streamed down the man’s cheeks. At 43, he could no longer make ends meet for himself and his family. He didn’t have enough money to go west in search of work. He pleaded for a job, any job… "The city estimates it has lost more than 10,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector during the past six years. Tourism, another top economic generator, has slid more than 50 per cent in the same period, in large part because of the strong Canadian dollar. Canada’s auto industry began here a century ago and expanded into a huge parts sector with numerous high-end tool, die and moulding companies. It weathered the industry’s ups and downs over the decades and always came back stronger than ever. Windsor became an industry powerhouse. But everyone agrees that this time, Windsor’s decline is different. Despite a big agricultural sector, the establishment of a local entertainment industry and more attention to auto research, the city is busting like never before.