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FYI – labor contracts by auto company

by reader Movie Guy It might be helpful to read the 2007 contracts negotiated between the UAW and GM, Ford, Chrysler. Recommend reading the highlights if not the contracts. Might…

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

The industrial production report this morning was muddied by the auto parts strike. Overall manufacturing output fell 0.8%, but excluding auto and auto parts manufacturing output fell 0.4%. Because the…

Trump just raised taxes

…to the industry – and eventually to American car buyers and owners.” And of course auto insurance will go up in tandem. Trump’s 25% tariffs on auto parts start Saturday…