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The following job openings will be posted at all 3 entrances beginning today and running through the end of the shift next Tuesday, Jan. 10: 2 permanent openings in stamping; 2 permanent openings and 1 sick leave opening in body shop; 2 permanent openings in paint; 1 permanent opening in material; 2 permanent openings in quality. These openings are only valid to those employees who have not put in a 63B transfer in the last 6 months. Paragraph 63B transfers at to shift of choice seniority permitting. Paragraph 63B applications cannot be rescinded or refused once the application period closes. You should drop your applications in the HR-Labor drop box located at A-39 (outside of the personnel office).
Short work week benefits will be paid this week as a result of the early line times. Here’s how it works: The difference between the hours that you worked (to the nearest tenth), including holiday and vacation pay, and 40 hours will be paid at 80% of your base rate. You must have 1 year seniority to be eligible for short work week benefits.
From the Civil Rights Committee: Everyone is cordially invited to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 12 noon in the tour holding room. We are asking that all winners and their parents arrive at 11:30 am and meet with a committee member to prepare for pictures. This year’s guest speaker is the Rev. Aaron Johnson, author of “Man From Macedonia – my life of service, struggle, faith and hope”. He is an inspiring speaker and we look forward to hearing his words.
General Motors Co. reported total U.S. sales of 234,351 vehicles in December, up 5 percent compared with December 2010. Sales for the calendar year were up 14 percent year over year to more than 2.5 million units and the company gained market share for the first time since 2002 to roughly 19.6%, a gain of close to a point. “GM’s balanced portfolio of fuel-efficient cars, trucks and crossovers helped us make the most of the U.S. economy’s slow but steady recovery in 2011,” said Don Johnson, vice president, U.S. Sales Operations. “Importantly, we were able to grow all four of our brands and reestablish Chevrolet as a force to be reckoned with in the passenger car business. This gives us a very solid foundation to compete in a market that we expect to keep growing.” In December, retail deliveries were up 2 percent compared with a very strong December 2010, and accounted for 81 percent of GM sales. Deliveries to fleets were up 17 percent. GM’s total passenger car sales for the month increased 12 percent. Crossover sales decreased 14 percent. Sales of trucks, which include full-size pickups, vans and SUVs increased 13 percent.(cont’d on back)
Highlights for the month include a 42 percent year-over-year increase in Chevrolet Sonic sales (compared with the Aveo), a 54 percent increase in Chevrolet Cruze sales, a 20 percent increase for the Chevrolet Camaro and a 13 percent increase for the Chevrolet Malibu. Other highlights include double-digit sales increases for the Cadillac SRX, Chevrolet Avalanche, Colorado, Silverado, Tahoe and Suburban, and the GMC Yukon XL. In addition, Chevrolet Equinox had its best sales month of the year in December. Van sales for December came in at 10,991 which is the best monthly sales total since September 2008. Year-to-date van sales were 89,211, up 21% over 2010.
From Automotive News: The Chevrolet Volt missed its U.S. sales target of 10,000 cars in 2011, the company said. Chevy dealers sold 1,529 of the plug-in hybrids last month – its best month ever – but leaving the brand 2,329 shy of its goal. GM signaled last month it would fail to reach the sales goal. A slow production ramp-up kept dealers in short supply until December, and a federal investigation of three fires that occurred after Volt crash tests lowered demand for the car, according to CNW Marketing Research Inc. U.S. dealers sold a total of 7,671 Volts last year. GM is expanding production to 60,000 Volts this year with 45,000 of them earmarked for the U.S. The Volt is being investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration because its batteries caught on fire in the weeks following three government crash tests. NHTSA announced a safety probe of the Volt Nov. 25. December was the third month that Chevy dealers sold the Volt in all 50 states. GM allowed dealers to sell as many as 2,300 demonstration models to retail buyers starting in late November, helping spur a 2.8 percent increase from October. The Volt did handily outsell the Nissan Leaf – 954 units sold – for the second month in a row.
Here some other sales results for our competitors: Ford sales for the year were up 9%, good for a 16.8% market share and second place; Toyota sales dropped 7% for the year as they held on to third place; Chrysler sales jumped 26% to place 4th overall; Honda also dropped 7% and stayed fifth; Hyundai/Kia climbed 27% for sixth place and Nissan was up 15% in seventh place.
R.L. Polk Global Auto Sales
2012 2013 2014
Global 77.7 83.4 88.1
U.S. 13.7 14.9 15.6
Europe 19.0 20.3 21.5
Brazil 3.6 3.8 3.9
China 17.9 19.4 20.6
Japan 4.5 4.8 4.9
*In millions
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