Thomas A. Crumm is a third-generation autoworker born and raised in Flint, Michigan. He worked his way up the ladder from working with tools to being part of former GM head Roger Smith’s think tank — Corporate Strategic Planning Group — for six years. This allowed him to attend executive programs ...
DETROIT — Workers at two more United Auto Workers locals, including one in Saline, overwhelmingly rejected changes to their contract with Ford Motor Co. on Thursday, casting further doubt on whether the deal will be approved. Workers at Automotive Components Holdings parts-making plant in Saline voted 75 percent against the ...
Saline’s Automotive Components Holdings plant is operating at full capacity - a remarkable reversal of fortune for a plant that’s faced potential closure in recent years. The 1.6-million-square-foot plant now employs more than 1,900 workers, up from 1,600 earlier this year, said Della DiPietro, spokeswoman for ACH, which is controlled ...
General Motors has reduced the headcount at its Willow Run transmission plant to 700, fewer than three months after announcing that it would close the historic plant by December 2010. Daphne Adams, communications manager for the plant, confirmed that the 5-million-square-foot facility has about 700 hourly and salaried employees remaining, ...
The Michigan wllz site today has a post about Sakti3, a local startup company. As Michigan wllz reports, although the battery technology is in place for the initial launch of the much-heralded Chevrolet Volt, Sakti3 aims to improve the Volt with a more efficient battery technology for the car's second ...