Dec. 1, 2010 online at www.uawlocal2250.com
Rumor control: There have been a lot of questions regarding December’s schedule. The tentative schedule is 10-hours off of the K-line Monday through Thursday with three Fridays being 8 hours. There was an order of 1000 units but by rearranging the schedule, the impact will be in January and not this month.
Reminder: There will be a Veterans Committee meeting today at the Union Hall 15 minutes after the longest first shift line time.
November sales numbers are coming in. GM was up 11.4% over last November, with the four core brands up 21%. Van sales came in at 5709 units, up 27.5% over last year. More to come tomorrow.
From Automotive News: Toyota Motor Corp. the automaker that recalled more than 8 million vehicles related to unintended acceleration problems, must face class-action lawsuits filed by car owners claiming economic losses, a U.S. judge ruled. The car owners' lawyers provided sufficient evidence to allow their cases to go forward, U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in Santa Ana, California, said Tuesday, making final a tentative ruling issued Nov. 19. Toyota sought dismissal of the suits, contending the plaintiffs failed to plead specific losses or identify an actual defect. “It is true that plaintiffs do not generally allege the precise dollar value of their losses, but that level of specificity is not required at the pleadings state,” Selna said in Tuesday's ruling. “The court is convinced that a safety consideration as fundamental as whether a car is able to stop when the brakes are applied is material to consumers.”
More Automotive News: CEO Dan Akerson says the carmaker is studying how it could double or triple production of the new Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid should sales demand accelerate. About 240,000 potential buyers have expressed an interest in the vehicle, but production in 2011 will be just 10,000 units. GM plans to build 45,000 Volts in calendar year 2012. Speaking on the sidelines of the official Volt launch ceremony today at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, GM North America President Mark Reuss said that Volt production is constrained largely by vendor production of battery cells needed for the battery packs that GM assembles in suburban Detroit for the Volt. Frank Moultrie, shop chairman of UAW Local 22 representing 960 hourly workers at Detroit-Hamtramck, said there are no immediate plans to add a second shift at the plant. The plant builds the Volt and the Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne sedans. The DTS and Lucerne end in 2010.
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