LaSorda to advise Penske on Saturn bid

May 20th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Tom LaSorda, who retired at the end of April as Chrysler president and vice chairman, has a new job: he has joined Penske Automotive Group as an advisor as the auto retailer considers a bid for Saturn’s distribution network.
A spokesman for Penske confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report that LaSorda had been brought on as [...]

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LaSorda to retire

April 30th, 2009 by DaveAdmin

While Bob Nardelli will leave his CEO post at Chrysler to take up an advisory role at Cerberus, Tom LaSorda announced that he would retire while Chrysler is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
While LaSorda’s performance at Chrysler Corporation, DaimlerChrysler, and Chrysler LLC has generally been seen as positive, he recently threatened to shut down Chrysler’s usually-profitable Canadian [...]

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Chrysler press release on CAW deal

April 25th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Attributed to Tom LaSorda, Vice Chairman and President:
“We are extremely grateful to the CAW leadership and to its hard-working members for their openness in this challenging environment to create a new strategy that will lead this company on a path to success. We also want to recognize the Canadian Federal and Ontario governments for their [...]

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LaSorda warns CAW about labor concessions

April 17th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Chrysler Vice Chairman Tom LaSorda is getting set to play hardball with the Canadian Auto Workers union. LaSorda has already threatened to shut down Chrysler’s Canadian operations if the automaker’s demands for concessions aren’t met and new CAW President Ken Lewenza has said Chrysler is asking the union for unfair terms.
At stake is Chrysler’s survival, [...]

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No deal for Chrysler and CAW

March 28th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

Chrysler and the Canadian Auto Workers unions failed to reach an agreement on contract changes. The two sides had hoped to have an agreement by Friday to allow workers to vote on ratification over the weekend. The failure jeopardizes Chrysler’s chances of being able to meet a March 31 deadline for presenting a turnaround [...]

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Chrysler-CAW talks to start tomorrow

March 22nd, 2009 by Bill Cawthon

With opening volleys having been fired by Vice-Chairman Tommy LaSorda and Rick LaPorte, president of Canadian Auto Workers Local 444 (see preceding story), negotiations on changes to the existing labor contract are scheduled to begin tomorrow.
In earlier statements, LaSorda threatened to shut down all Chrysler operations in Canada if the company can’t get the concessions [...]

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Chrysler press release on CAW deal

LaSorda warns CAW about labor concessions

No deal for Chrysler and CAW

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