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Dec 24, 2008 - Push Comes To Shove

The end of the rope is coming fast and it's up in the air whether the UAW is going to hold onto it or not.

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said Monday that the union was shut out of discussions between the Bush administration and the companies over federal loans.

The provision that requires the car companies to match wages at their Japanese rivals is the sticking point.


"Look, our research department put pen to paper and come up and said, 'Look, if we work for nothing, nothing, that's not going to fix the problem,' " Gettelfinger said. "You can't wring it all out of the working men and women."


Nobody is asking you to work for nothing Mr. Gettelfinger. But if you think that this restructuring can take place with no pain for the union in terms of reduced wages and lost jobs, then the UAW may go the way of the dodo.


Read more at the Washington Post and freep.com

4:54 am | Categories: automotive news, uaw
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rearwheeldrive - Dec 24, 2008 11:34 am
I would roll the dice on benifits and let them go, but keep the wages off the table. The beni's are a huge liability down the road. Wages are needed to keep the company building cars.
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