The News Review:
- Germany’s Steinmeier wants help for auto sector
- Man killed in rem auto-pedestrian accident
- Downturn Will Test bama’s Vision for an Energy-Efficient Auto …
- Michigan governor a fierce advocate for auto industry
- ‘¢ UAW ‘threat’ part of the problem with struggling domestic auto …
- Viewpoint: Bailing out yesterday’s industry or investing in …
Germany’s Steinmeier wants help for auto sector
Reuters
“It is the backbone of our economy” Steinmeier said of thesector. “So we must use state means to create incentives to buycars” he told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. Close to one in five workers in Germany is directly orindirectly employed in the auto sector. Cars and car parts madeup a fifth of German exports last year official data show. Steinmeier is Germany’s foreign minister and also the SocialDemocrats’ (SPD) candidate for chancellor in a federal electiondue next September. The SPD shares power in an awkward coalition with ChancellorAngela Merkel’s conservatives. Merkel has said she will look at possible fresh steps tostimulate the economy in January.
Related from Rop-jo: Poland’s Auto Sector Urges Government Help As Crisis Bites
Man killed in rem auto-pedestrian accident
Salt Lake Tribune United States
Witnesses said the man was hit near 1650 S. as he attempted to walk across the road said rem police Lt.
Downturn Will Test bama’s Vision for an Energy-Efficient Auto …
New York Times United States
bama after all has been thinking out loud about the future of the American automobile industry for years well before his presidential campaign began. He co-sponsored two bills in 2006 during his second year as a United States senator — one to raise fuel economy standards and the other to encourage the use of alternative fuels. His writings and speeches on the auto industry suggest a keen interest in finding ways including new technology to improve the.
Michigan governor a fierce advocate for auto industry
Fort Worth Star Telegram TX
Jennifer Granholm has differed in the past with U. automakers squabbling with the United Auto Workers union over party politics and wishing out loud that Michigan’s fortunes weren’t so tied to the ailing industry. "It has been extremely frustrating and I have probably used some words I should not be using" she said.
‘¢ UAW ‘threat’ part of the problem with struggling domestic auto …
The Flint Journal – MLive.com MI
The writer states that he will no longer vote Republican because members of the party support the foreign auto manufacturers in the South and want to reduce “the threat of the UAW making inroads” on those plants. First of all if the word “threat” must be used to describe the UAW there must be something unfavorable about it. The writer says “there won’t be a decent wage paid” if the UAW goes away. If “decent” means two or three times the pay of other comparable unskilled jobs no company can sustain this and it is a “threat. That’s part of the reason for the current predicament.
Viewpoint: Bailing out yesterday’s industry or investing in …
Baltimore Sun United States
Yarrow and Michael Rose December 28 2008 Now that all the public hand-wringing about whether or how to bail out the U. auto industry has been punted to the next administration it’s time to look at historical precedents and facts to see whether we have been asking the wrong questions about what to do with this industry. It could be that we’ve been ignoring lessons of the past and portents of the future. Why bail out an industry that is poised when the recession recedes to build hundreds of millions more cars – maybe billions – over the coming decades and yet has or should have no long-term future in its present form? Environmentally and industrially this would be a recipe for disaster.