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It appears that the UAW leadership may have succeeded in getting the deal with Chrysler ratified although the UAW has not claimed victory yet and officials at Chrysler LLC aren't talking about the voting that, until Wednesday night, looked too close to call. But not everyone is singing a victory song. Harley Shaiken, a labor expert from the University of California, Berkeley told the Detroit Free Press, "The early plants had the opportunity to express anger...

Today's a critical day in the voting on the agreement between the UAW and Chrysler. Eight locals representing an estimated 16,300 workers have rejected the deal since voting began last Thursday. At least nine locals representing about 11,200 workers have accepted the agreement...

Rank and file voting on the agreement between the UAW and Chrysler ends this week and Chrysler is sweetening the pot a bit as the outcome remains in doubt. The vote tightened Sunday, as two sites with 4,600 employees voted more than 3-1 in favor, while one plant with 2,200 workers rejected it by a smaller margin. Bill Parker, president of Local 1700 and chairman of the UAW's national bargaining committee, has emerged as the first and most vocal opponent of the proposed labor agreement with Chrysler...

The term "natural selection" was introduced by Charles Darwin in his groundbreaking book The Origin of Species to describe how favorable traits become more common in successive generations and less favorable traits become less common. Adapt or perish. Windsor, the traditional auto capital of Canada, which built its economy on the Big Three, finds itself in a slow and steady economic slide as the auto industry changes and Asian, Korean and European car makers, which have stayed away from Windsor, cut into their market share...

Interesting that the day the voting is supposed to be done on the deal with GM turns out to be the day the strike starts at Chrysler. Should be a busy news day! Members of the United Auto Workers began walking off the job at Chrysler plants this morning after an 11 a.m...

The folks over at Chrysler, excuse me, Chrysler LLC aka The New Chrysler, must have been chomping at the bit on what to do once the last of the Daimler party was out of the building.  Well, the marketing agencies have been working long nights we can see with the new Chrysler LLC web site and radio commercials telling us all the firsts that Chrysler has had.  The new site says to get ready for the next 100 years.  They've published a Manifesto.  Really, did they have to call it a manifesto? At any rate, Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler - be sure and track the biz in the Chrysler category of AutoObserver.

On one automotive forum that I frequent, there is a discussion of which car brands should be the next to leave the US market. Poster after poster lists their choices and the reasons why they believe each should no longer sell their wares in the US. Most of the opinions are based on biases formed from personal experiences with these brands…some of which are quite out-dated...