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DETROIT, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Influential proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis this week announced their support for a shareholder proposal at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. asking the company to publicly disclose whether it has clawed back pay from executives whose actions have caused significant financial harm to the company and its owners. Large institutional investors including the The Pennsylvania Treasury Department and the Office of New...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognition from the National Business Group on Health identifies the nation's leading corporations for innovative programs promoting a healthy workplace and employee lifestyles Chrysler Group is only automaker to receive award the past three years Award validates Company's commitment to promoting "a culture of health" for employees and their families The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) has recognized Chrysler Group LLC...

DETROIT, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to increase transparency around Walmart's compliance practices, the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust ("Trust") is leading a $300 billion global investor coalition calling on the company to publicly disclose whether it has clawed back pay from executives whose actions have caused significant financial harm to the company and its owners. The coalition's request is included in Walmart's 2013 Proxy Statement as Proposal No. 8, Request...

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that members of the United Auto Workers (UAW), Local 3462, have ratified a new three-year labor agreement covering about 330 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company's Coshocton (OH) Works. AK Steel said that UAW officials notified the company that the new contract was ratified in voting held on March 20, 2013 in Coshocton. "We are pleased to have reached a new labor agreement at...

WARREN, Mich., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrysler Group LLC's World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Academy was recognized today in the 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards, specifically in the New Workforce category, which identifies companies that involve education and training, knowledge management and transfer, and collaboration with educational institutions. In its ninth year, the ML100 Awards honor those shaping the future of global manufacturing. The awards target...

DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Continued aggressive pace of new Ford products creates need for largest U.S. hiring for salaried workers in more than 10 years Ford plans to hire 2,200 salaried workers in 2013 to fill jobs in such key areas as Product Development, Manufacturing and IT; recruiting through social media being expanded The hiring builds on the creation of more than 8,100 salaried and hourly jobs in the U.S. in 2012 - including 1,000 in-sourced hourly...

CHICAGO, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust today announced the start of a multi-year collaboration with Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) to develop a best practice policy approach to corporate political activity oversight and disclosure. "This agreement clearly demonstrates Walgreen's commitment to adopting corporate governance best practices by better aligning its interests with those of its shareholders," said Meredith Miller, Chief Corporate...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it would pay its UAW-represented employees the second half of the $3,500 ratification bonus on Dec. 21, waiving the financial threshold outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that would not have made a potential payment possible until first quarter 2013. Per the national contract Chrysler Group reached with the UAW in October 2011, UAW members were to receive the $3,500 ratification...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) announced that members of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Workers of America (UAW) Local 933 ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which becomes effective December 3, 2012 and will expire on November 14, 2017. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120702/DE33547LOGO ) Some of the key economic provisions from the new CBA...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) announced today that it has reached a new five-year tentative labor agreement with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 933. The new labor contract must still be ratified by the union membership. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120702/DE33547LOGO) "We are happy to come to this tentative agreement. Both parties have worked hard to develop an agreement that continues to build a future...