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November 15, 2024 at 10:30 PM
GM lays off about 1,000 workers, cutting costs to compete in crowded auto market
General Motors is laying off about 1,000 workers worldwide, shedding costs as it tries to compete in a crowded global automobile market
November 15, 2024 at 10:30 PM
3 months ago
General Motors faces new lawsuit over company's data tracking
The Texas attorney general has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, accusing the company of “unlawfully collecting drivers’ private data and selling it to several companies.”
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GM CEO Mary Barra talks newest electric vehicle, inflation and competition with Tesla
The CEO of General Motors Mary Barra sat down with ABC News' Rebecca Jarvis.
3 years ago
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GM CEO speaks exclusively to ABC
ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis sits down with CEO Mary Barra for “Good Morning America” airing Friday as General Motors unveiled its new electric Cadillac.
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GM temporarily shuts down more than half of North American plants
General Motors will temporarily shut down eight of its 15 North American assembly plants due to a microchip shortage that automakers need to build vehicles.
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General Motors suspends nearly all US production
The company paused assembly plants for two weeks due to a pandemic-induced shortage of semiconductor chips made overseas.
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GM to increase electric vehicle investment to $35B through 2025
Before the pandemic, GM announced an initial $20 billion investment in electric and autonomous vehicles.
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GM vows to be carbon neutral by 2040
America’s largest automaker aspires to go fully electric.
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General Motors announced it will produce mostly electric cars by 2035
The company said it will stop making gas-powered passenger cars and SUVs, becoming the first American carmaker to do so. GM’s medium and heavy trucks will still be gas-powered.
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By the Numbers: GM plans to stop making gas-powered cars by 2035
Auto giant General Motors said it plans to sell only electric cars and SUVs by 2035 and achieve carbon neutrality with its cars and global operations by 2040.
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General Motors issues major recall on pickup trucks and SUVs
Government safety officials ordered GM to recall nearly 6 million pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with airbag inflators that could explode.
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GM plans to make its own electric delivery vehicle
Plus, CES plans its next event for January 2021 and Impossible Meat can now be delivered to homes.
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GM moves forward with recently announced driverless shuttle
The car company picked a plant to build the autonomous vehicles.
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GM unveils its first driverless vehicle
Plus, Apple will sell a low-cost iPhone for the first time since 2016, and Google has an app to hide your phone from yourself.
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GM teases new all-electric Hummer
The motor company said the truck will be announced during a Super Bowl commercial with LeBron James.
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Union votes to ratify deal ending strike at General Motors
The United Auto Workers union had been on strike at GM for over a month.
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Striking autoworkers reach tentative deal
After a month on strike, the UAW and General Motors seem to have reached a tentative contract agreement.
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GM and autoworkers union reach tentative deal
More than a month after nearly 50,000 workers walked off their jobs, General Motors and United Auto Workers have reached a tentative deal to end the nationwide strike, the union confirmed to ABC News.
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General Motors and United Auto Workers union reach tentative deal
General Motors and United Auto Workers have reached a tentative deal to end a nationwide strike.
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Take a drive with a striking GM worker in the city where company was born
As the GM strike grinds towards a fifth week in what is now the longest in half a century, UAW workers feel the strain and doubt negotiation progress
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UAW increases strike pay for GM workers as negotiations continue
As the United Auto Workers strike at General Motors enters its fifth week, union leaders voted to increase striking workers pay and allow them to take part-time jobs.
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GM strike negotiations taken 'turn for the worse'
Monday marks the 23rd day of the strike and there appears to be no end in sight as the union and the auto manufacturing giant reached another stumbling block in their on-going bargaining sessions.
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Efforts to end strike by 49,000 GM workers have 'taken a turn for the worse': UAW
The nationwide strike by General Motors workers began on Sept. 16.
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GM agrees to resume covering health insurance costs for striking workers
Union leaders accuse them of "toying" with their families.
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GM and union could reach a deal to end strike soon, sources say
The UAW vice president told workers that negotiations are now on the "Main Table."
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Here's where things stand as GM workers strike for second week
Both the United Autoworkers Union and General Motors say negotiations continue, but there remains no clear end in sight.
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GM strike enters second week
A spokesperson for the United Auto Workers says the two sides are “still talking.”
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A week in, GM strike leads to talk of layoffs by suppliers
The United Auto Workers strike at GM has waned on for nearly a full work week as of Friday.
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GM no longer paying striking workers' health costs
General Motors is no longer paying the health care costs for the tens of thousands of auto workers who went on strike on Monday, shifting the costs instead to a union fund.
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GM no longer paying for striking workers' health insurance
Some benefits have been shifted to being covered by a union fund.
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GM strike continues after new negotiations fail
United Auto Workers officials told ABC News they are nowhere near reaching a deal with General Motors.
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General Motors workers hit picket line after new contract talks fail
The company reportedly turned a $8.1 billion profit last year and workers who took concessions before the 2009 government bailout want fair wages and benefits at affordable prices.
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General Motors employees go on strike
Nearly 50,000 workers go on strike after UAW contract talks with GM broke down.
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Nearly 50K workers strike against General Motors
The strike by United Auto Workers has shut down 55 plants across the U.S. as workers fight for better wages and benefits and their share of profits.
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General Motors to close another plant near Detroit
The automotive giant announced that they will be closing transmission plants in Detroit and other locations across America, leaving thousands of workers without jobs.
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6 years ago
GM workers seek answers amid shutdown plans
ABC News' Eva Pilgrim spoke with GM employees, some of whom blame the president for the planned layoffs.
6 years ago
6 years ago
Trump threatens to cut subsidies for GM
He's reacting to the company's Monday announcement of 15 percent global jobs cuts and the closure of four U.S. motor plants.
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General Motors to lay off 14,000 workers
The automaker will also cease production of six vehicles in 2019.
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GM to shutter 5 factories, cut 14,000 jobs
General Motors, the largest U.S. automaker, announced it would eliminate up to 14,000 jobs in North America as five plants are slated to be shut down by the end of 2019.
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General Motors to lay off 15 percent of workers, shutter 5 plants
The company will shut down seven plants globally in 2019: five in North America and two others globally.
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General Motors announce major layoffs, plants shutdown
GM is laying off 15 percent of its salaried workers and shuttering five plants in North America, the Detroit automaker announced on Monday.
6 years ago
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Trump 'not happy' as GM announces new layoffs at auto plants
GM has announced a new round of layoffs despite past assurances by President Trump the company would return jobs to the U.S.
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General Motors Recalling 4.28 Million Vehicles for Air Bag Software Problem
Some 3.64 million of the recalled vehicles are in the U.S.
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