Global GM plants at strike's center

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General Motors' (GM) assembly plant in Silao, Mexico, located 250 miles northwest of Mexico City, is considered by GM as its North American manufacturing showplace while the United Auto Workers union see its as a threat to their jobs. The workers are paid an average of $10 a day, roughly equivalent to six times the minimum wage in Mexico, but still very much less than the approximately $220 a day in wages and benefits that GM pays for its US workers. The governing rule in the GM Silao plant is flexibility. The workers learn several jobs and are grouped in teams which make decisions on the way the work is done, instead of the typical management structure. This new breed of global plant is what GM is building in markets such as Poland, Hungary, Argentina and Thailand.

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Its assembly plant in Silao, Mexico, is considered by GM as its North American manufacturing showplace

Production management, Mexico, General Motors Corp.

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Ford managers shift in quest for sales

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Ford Motor is changing the assignments of its managers as part of its efforts to generate more sales. Ross Roberts, who has headed the Ford Division for seven years, will become president of a group that is evaluating dealership ideas. He will oversee a retail network of combined dealerships that carry other brands controlled by Ford, including Mazda and Jaguar. Roberts, under whose leadership made the Ford Taurus the top-selling car in the US, will also be involve in Ford's plan to expand sits service and repair sites. Jim O'Connor, Lincoln Mercury chief, will take Roberts' post as vice president of the Ford Division. Mark Hutchins, who has been overseeing the Latin American and Canadian operations, will become the new head of Lincoln Mercury.

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Is changing the assignments of its managers as part of its efforts to generate more sales

Other staff changes & profiles, Ford Motor Co.

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Conway bets Vegas-based National will fly high

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National Airlines will take to the skies beginning May 27, 1999. The Las Vegas, NV-based startup will have three Boeing 757s carrying passengers from the gambling mecca to Los Angeles, CA, four times a day and to Chicago twice daily. The airline will add flights to San Francisco, CA, and New York within a month. Company president and CEO Michael Conway said his goal is to make the carrier known for its quality service.

Organizational history, Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation, Domestic Scheduled Air Service, National Airlines (Atlanta, Georgia)

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