Production at Chrysler LLC’s Fenton pickup operations has been idled this week, a union official said today.

The plant, where the Dodge Ram is assembled, employs about 1,000 workers. Production is expected to restart next week, said Don Ackermann, vice president…

Chrysler’s hourly workers have until April 27 to accept buyout and retirement offers.

The Detroit automaker made its latest offer in February and has twice extended the sign-up deadline, saying it wanted to give workers time to review union concessions before…

A day after Chrysler Co-President Tom LaSorda warned the Canadian government it needs loans and labor concessions to keep production in the country, Ontario’s economic development minister labeled the ultimatum as “gamesmanship.”

“It’s a ham-handed way of saying what’s always been…

In what seems to be a repeat of a warning issued in December, Chrysler LLC co-President Tom LaSorda said Wednesday night that unless it received government loans and concessions from the Canadian union, the automaker would end its Canadian production…

Citing the decline in auto sales and its ongoing viability plan, Chrysler LLC said today that it would eliminate one production shift at its minivan assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario and indefinitely lay off about 1,200 workers.

Workers on three production…

In its latest move to spur more new-vehicle sales, Chrysler LLC said that it would offer its well-known 5.7-liter HEMI engine for free on the Dodge Ram 1500 this month.

The HEMI package is worth about $1,200, said Steven Landry, executive vice…

Chrysler said it has submitted its viability plan to the Treasury Department today, asking for $2 billion in additional funding beyond the $7 billion it requested from the government last year. So far, the government has given the automaker $4…

The Wall Street Journal (paid subscription required) this morning is reporting that Chrysler LLC told employees today that it will cut 25 percent of its white-collar jobs next month.

The job reduction is expected to affect about 5,000 employees and comes…

Some of the 250 white-collar employees Chrysler LLC is firing will be from its Fenton assembly plants, a spokesman said today.

In July, the Auburn Hills, Mich., automaker said it would cut 1,000 of its 18,500 salaried employees by Sept. 30. About three-fourths…

Analysts who speculated that the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 would launch with incentives were right. The redesigned full-size pickup is pulling onto dealership floors and lots with incentives of up to $1,000.

Pickup buyers who complete their deals before Sept. 30…