The U.A.W. promised cuts and compromises on benefits as part of a concerted effort to win the support of lawmakers.

The U.A.W. president said the union would also suspend its jobs bank and allow carmakers to delay a health-care fund payment.

The U.A.W. president said the union would also suspend its jobs bank and allow carmakers to delay health care payments.

President Bush issued an executive order that denies bargaining rights to about 8,600 employees who work in national security.

If the Detroit automakers are to win over Congress this week, it may require big cost-saving concessions from the United Automobile Workers.

The United Automobile Workers president will testify to Congress this week, but many lawmakers may say that unions have exacerbated Detroit’s problems.

Germany’s most powerful union, IG Metall, reached a modest wage deal with employers in the flagship engineering sector.

Labor unions, delighted to have a friend in the White House, plan to push for legislation that would make it easier for workers to unionize.

Members of the machinists union ended a strike that cut the Boeing Company’s profits and stalled airplane production.

The Boeing Company and the machinists union may have a deal on a new contract that could end a 52-day strike.