OSHAWA -- They did it with "a huge gun to our heads", but the Canadian Auto Workers have voted yes to a new deal with General Motors.

DURHAM -- General Motors' unionized employees and retirees will sleep easier tonight, Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza said. That's because the CAW and GM reached a tentative agreement last night which was then approved by the provincial and federal governments, Mr. Lewenza said.

DURHAM -- General Motors' dealerships learned their fates on Wednesday. GM Canada said it would be advising Canadian dealers which locations will not have their sales agreements renewed past their expiry in October 2010.

The Canadian Auto Workers union says Ottawa must make sure General Motors of Canada doesn't import any more vehicles from offshore countries if the government wants to protect jobs here and assure protection of public investment in the teetering automaker.As talks for worker concessions continue in...

OSHAWA -- The dark clouds looming over General Motors over the past year culminated Thursday as thousands of current and retired GM workers bid goodbye to the Oshawa truck plant. Canadian Auto Workers Local 222 president Chris Buckley met with reporters outside the Park Road plant on a wet and...

OSHAWA -- When Bob Nesbitt was a boy, he and his sister would sneak down to the General Motors west plant and watch, fascinated, as vehicles went through the body shop. When they would return to their grandparents' house with dirty faces from pressing them against the steel mesh that protected the...

OSHAWA -- Mike Gimblett had his hands full as he made his way home after completing his final shift at the General Motors' truck plant. He cleaned out the locker he's had for the past 26 years as a tradesman at the factory.

DURHAM -- It's everywhere. "It" is the effect on the community when 2,600 jobs disappear. "It" means fewer people are bringing home their regular income each week, even if they've taken a good buy-out package and will receive a lump sum of cash or a percentage of their...

OSHAWA -- The Canadian Auto Workers union has a new deadline. May 15.

DETROIT -- General Motors is saying goodbye to Pontiac and up to 8,000 more U.S. jobs than it said it would cut in February. The failing automaker released details of its new restructuring plan on April 29. It will bid adieu to Pontiac, a brand the company initially said it intended to keep as a...

TORONTO -- Chrysler and the Canadian Autoworkers Union have broken historical pattern bargaining in the auto industry with a tentative deal for deep worker concessions to help keep the teetering company alive here.In around-the-clock, high-stakes bargaining, negotiators agreed on a deal Friday night...

DETROIT -- General Motors in Detroit has announced it will cut 190,000 vehicles from its production schedule in North America, however, the Oshawa car plant is not on the list of factories that will have extended shutdowns in the coming months.  

DETROIT -- The Detroit News reported Wednesday night that General Motors is expected announce a tougher round of restructuring measures that will include the closure of factories for up to nine weeks during the summer months. A GM vice-president for North American vehicle sales would not confirm the...

OSHAWA -- Shirley Johnson didn't spend her life living extravagantly. She worked hard at Chrysler in Ajax for more than 32 years. She laboured away in different departments: sewing, inspection and receiving. She always made sure she lived within her means, paid the full balance on her credit cards...

DURHAM -- March was bad for the auto industry but not as bad as the first two months of the year. Canadian car sales rebounded a bit from January and February but were still down 15 per cent compared to the same month last year.

The White House plans to announce today that it will give General Motors Corp. enough government aid to restructure over the next 60 days, while Chrysler will get up to $6 billion (U.S.) and 30 days to complete an alliance with Italian automaker Fiat, sources say.The Associated Press reported news...

OSHAWA -- Dale Oldham is already the proud owner of seven Chevy Camaros -- but that doesn't mean he isn't in the market for another. "The last one came out in 2002, so this new one has seven years of new technology," he said, speaking reverently of the new 2010 model. "I was afraid it...

OSHAWA -- It was back to the ballot box for the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) on Tuesday. "Brothers and sisters, this is not a day for celebration," CAW Local 222 president Chris Buckley said to his membership as the union presented the new agreement with General Motors prior to the vote at...

DURHAM -- The Canadian Auto Workers has reached a tentative deal with General Motors that calls for wages and pensions to be frozen until 2012.

TORONTO -- The Canadian Auto Workers and General Motors are back at the bargaining table. It hasn't even been a year since previous contract talks, but the two parties sit down Thursday to kick start discussions about a new deal as part of the company's restructuring plan. "We believe...

OSHAWA -- The Canadian Auto Workers and General Motors are back at the bargaining table. It hasn't been a year since previous contract talks, but the two parties sat down Thursday to kick start discussions about a new deal as part of the company's restructuring plan.

DURHAM -- General Motors is no longer king of the road in Canada. The automaker, which has been the number-one seller in the country for years, dropped to third spot in February sales figures, according to a report from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc.

DETROIT -- General Motors reported a $9.6 billion US net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008, bringing the total net loss for the year to $30.9 billion US. The company announced Thursday morning that its total revenue in 2008 was $149 billion US, $31 billion less than 2007.

OSHAWA -- General Motors says it wants to launch five new vehicles at plants in Oshawa and Ingersoll but cuts in union wages and benefits are also going to be required to put the company back on the road to recovery. The company is also looking for bailout loans from both the federal and provincial...