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- UAW Chief Gettelfinger Says Union Subjected To "Double Standard"
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Dec 12, 2008Automotive & Business
After a loan package for U-S automakers collapsed in the Senate yesterday (Thurs.)…United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger blamed Senate Republicans for singling out the union. We have more from WDET’s Sarah Cwiek…
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Gettelfinger says Senate Republicans subjected the union to a double standard…asking them to give up more than other stakeholders to pass a now-defunct auto bailout package. The U-A-W chief says the union made every effort to negotiate a last-minute compromise plan with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker…but the G-O-P caucus rejected it. Gettelfinger says Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson must now step up and help the industry:
“The UAW calls on Secretary Treasurer Paulson or the Federal Reserve to use their authority to prevent the imminent collapse of the automakers.”
Gettelfinger says even if the U-A-W agreed to work without pay for the rest of the year…that still wouldn’t save the automakers enough cash to last until January. This is Sarah Cwiek…WDET news.