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Michigan Celebrates the 'Year of the Car'
One of the best ways to lead Michigan into the future could be to help the state leverage its automotive past – and the present-day capabilities that past has generated.

That, in a nutshell, is the goal of the Year of the Car, a collaborative effort organized and sponsored by the MotorCities National Heritage Area, an organization dedicated to preserving, interpreting and promoting the automotive heritage of Michigan. The five-month celebration links together more than 100 activities, exhibits and attractions at nearly 60 locations throughout the state.

General Motors Celebrates Its 100th Birthday
General Motors will celebratesits 100th birthday on September 16, 2008, and the company will be marking this special occasion across the world with a series of events and initiatives under the banner of GMnext.

MotorCities Story of the Week: The Eyes of the Nation Were on Monroe
For workers at the Newton Steel plant in Monroe, the decision to strike in 1937 was a calamity. Just about everything that could go wrong, did. And it wouldn’t be until several years after World War II before the workers under the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) banner recovered from this dispiriting episode.

WWJ Auto News

Change Is Big Part Of Chrysler's 5-Year Plan
Chrysler is announcing a new business plan at a daylong event Wednesday. Chairman Robert Kidder who spoke first said all Chrysler employees understand the need to change and have begun to implement and plan significant changes.

GM: No Plans To Bring Back Workers
With more than 6,000 of General Motors' manufacturing workers currently on layoff, CEO Fritz Henderson said many won't be coming back.

Labor Pioneer Dave Moore Dies
Dave Moore was one of the last surviving members of the 1932 Hunger March that walked to the gates of the Ford Dearborn plant. He was 97.

UAW VP: Chrysler Plan Invigorating
The United Auto Workers union is reacting very positively to the turnaround plans laid out by Chrysler. The Auburn Hills-based automaker will spend $23 billion to overhaul or replace all its Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram models by 2014.

Ford To Put Air Bags Into Back Seat Belts
Ford Motor Co. plans to introduce seat belt-mounted air bags in the back seat of the 2011 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, which will hit the market next fall.