GM brake plant strike idles thousands as talks stall
Striking workers at two Delphi Chassis brake plants began March 5 over outsourcing, idling about 87 000 GM employees and prompting furloughs at Parma Chevrolet Stamping Plant. Negotiations resumed Tuesday night but broke off with no agreement, while supply chains and independent parts firms face impact.
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General Motors Corp
Parma
Joe Plimmer
GM Delphi
Dayton
Delphi
Stroker
Jim Jewett
Carlisle
Jewett
North American
North America
Sev
Rodney Walker
United Auto Workers Local 696
ELM International
Major GM plants halt production amid nationwide strike
Listing of GM assembly and parts plants across the United States and Canada idled by the strike. Includes Lordstown Ohio 4,500 workers and Moraine Ohio 4,000 workers, plus plants in Lansing Detroit Oshawa Flint St Therese Wentzville and more with specific models affected like Chevrolet C K Pontiac Grand Am and GMC Sierra. Also notes numerous imported plants in Mexico and Canada partially affected and overall scope of job losses.
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General Motors Corp
Ohio Lordstown
Elsewmere Spring Hill
Tenn
Oklahoma City
Owen Township
Mich
Oshawa
Ontario
Detroit
Flint
Park Avenue
Pontiac
Baltimore
Kansas City
Kan
Linden
Shreveport
Wilmington
Del
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chihuahua
Mexico
Freemile
Nuevo Laredo
Elly Bean
Maven
Lansing
Sabinas Hidalgo
Auburn Hills
Anderson, Ind
M Parts
Tae
Warren
Ypsilanti
Guadelupe
Windsor
Canada
Sabinas Coachillo
Victoria
Mexico II
Oak Creek
Wis
Cerritos
Livonia
Lockport
N.Y
Grand Rapids
St. Catherines
Saginaw
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Coke to test curvy dark-reactive can with hourglass hint
Atlanta based Coca Cola plans a curvy can that echoes the old contour bottle. The test may occur this year in markets after a steel version proved popular in Germany while aluminum faces production and shelf challenges.
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Coke
Roberto C. Goizueta
Coca-Cola
Germany
Goizueta
Ford Brook Park tops in quality and customer service
Ford Motor Co in Brook Park received the Total Quality Excellence Award for design development and manufacturing excellence. The plant operations manager Tim Levandusky UAW chair and V-engine chief Vince Fyfe accepted the honor from Ford executives. The facility produced over 33 million engines since 1951 and supports 4.9 and 5 liter engines for multiple models. Ford employs about 1,700 there and about 16,000 in Greater Cleveland.
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Ford
Lorain County
Okushima Named President of Kobe Steel USA in New York
Steve Okushima will succeed Masumi Sato as president of Kobe Steel USA Inc in New York effective April 1. He will oversee 14 Kobe joint ventures in the United States. USS Kobe Steel joint venture between USX Corp Pittsburgh and Kobe Steel Ltd of Kobe Japan issues a spokesman statement.
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Lorain
USS/Kobe Steel Co
Kobe Steel USA Inc
New York
Steve Okushima
Masumi Sato
Kobe
USS
USX Corp
Pittsburgh
Kobe Steel Ltd
Japan
Society Bank pledges $322 million in Cleveland reinvestment loans
Society National Bank renews a four year commitment to provide 322 million in home and small business loans in Cleveland. The bank surpassed its 1992 95 goal by 26 percent and Mayor White calls private investment vital to neighborhood development. Robert Gillespie of Key Corp praises ongoing leadership.
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Cleveland
Society National Bank
Michael R. White
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Parkes Hannotin
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Sumase Metica
Engichard
General Motors
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George Manos
Okujima
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KeyCorp
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