General Motors is laying off 1,314 workers at manufacturing plants in Michigan, months after reaching a new labor contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW). The announcement was made Thursday (Dec. 14) and Local 4 was told 945 people will be employed at the automaker’s Orion Assembly Subsystems Plant in Orion Township. Officials say the … [Read more…]
Members of the United Automobile Workers union have backed new contracts with the three major U.S. automakers, agreements that provide steep wage increases and other benefits that had eluded the union for more than 20 years. In the most hotly contested vote, General Motors’ tentative contract agreement won the support of 55 percent of the … [Read more…]
Among automakers, CarPlay is sometimes seen as a problem: General Motors was one of the first to integrate CarPlay before abandoning the technology this year, citing somewhat biased reasons. But obviously the interface chosen by the American manufacturer is not yet ready and the initial feedback is quite disastrous. The new user interface, beautiful in … [Read more…]