On AlterNet: auto industry
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "auto industry"
Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.
"It remains a fact that the American public buys big, high consumption cars," GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said this week, adding it's "wrong to hope that Americans will massively rush to economical vehicles."
By DAVID STOUT and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, The New York Times July 13, 2009.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. June 12, 2009.
China now owns one of the West's most decadent consumer products.
Poornima Gupta and Gilles Castonguay, Reuters June 10, 2009.
DETROIT/MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat SpA closed its acquisition of Chrysler's strongest assets on Wednesday, a key step in the Italian carmaker's ambitious plan to create a global player to ride out the worldwide auto sales downturn.
William Greider, The Nation. May 11, 2009.
Can someone explain how outsourcing the auto industry is in our national interest?
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 30, 2009.
When asked to explain the disparity the Obama administration press secretary seemed to struggle for words.
Staff, New America Media. February 13, 2009.
Mexican officials are offering financial assistance to foreign-owned companies with plants in Mexico.
Emptywheel, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2008.
Bob Corker's "plan" to "fix" the auto industry is not so much a plan to fix anything, but a plan to screw retirees.
Mary Shaw, AlterNet. December 23, 2008.
Labor is used to making concessions -- the executives are not. And look where that got us.
Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. December 20, 2008.
Yet another example of the right-wing agenda to do away with labor rights.
RJ Eskow, Huffington Post. December 16, 2008.
If taxpayers are going to foot the bill, why not use our money to leverage some real change?
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. December 4, 2008.
Look only to the Detroit automakers' current economic straits to understand why.
Titus Levi, Truthdig. November 21, 2008.
Letting Detroit's ailing auto makers fall makes economic sense, but can we afford the social costs?
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. November 19, 2008.
Wal-Mart is the only store where hard-squeezed consumers can afford anything, and so it keeps posting big profits amid the retail bloodbath.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2008.
But will it work?
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. July 10, 2008.
It's good to reward the best and the brightest, but when those rewards are too great they become incentives for bad, and dumb, behavior.
Frank O'Donnell, TomPaine.com. January 3, 2008.
The EPA has lied about a critical decision that will delay global warming progress.
