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Is Bailout Possible Without UAW Concessions?
abcnews.go.com - 11/22/2008
Is Bailout Possible Without UAW Concessions?
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The Union of Automobile Workers and Detroit's Big Three want the same thing -- speedy congressional action to bail out the U.S. auto industry. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger appears before Congress today, along with the leaders of GM, Ford, and Chrysler to ask for $25 billion in new loans.  ...
No UAW Bailout
powerlineblog.com - 11/17/2008
No UAW Bailout
— powerlineblog.com — Jim Manzi has done some of the best analysis of the proposed bailout of GM, Ford and... Chrysler--or, one should more properly say, bailout of the United Auto Workers, otherwise slated for extinction. Here , he addresses the theory that the Big Three ... (more) No UAW Bailout

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mediamatters.org - 11/26/2008
GM - UAW Settlement Includes Jobs for Concessions
— mediamatters.org — DETROIT, Sept 28, 2007; Kevin Krolicki and David Bailey writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Corp.... agreed to keep 16 union-operated plants through 2011 in exchange for a cost-saving deal on health care and other concessions, according to ... (more) GM - UAW Settlement Includes Jobs for Concessions

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tigerhawk.blogspot.com - 11/17/2008
UAW: No concessions
— tigerhawk.blogspot.com — The United Auto Workers apparently feel that they have the votes necessary to get the taxpayers to... bail out the Detroit Three without offering up any concessions of their own. Apparently they did not heed President-elect Obama's weekly YouTube ... (more) UAW: No concessions

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General Motors Learns a Valuable Lesson
Deceiver.com — Mainly, if your executives are criticized for taking a private jet to Washington to beg taxpayers to bail out your ineptly run business, you should pretend to make a concession that really isn’t one, and pretend you’re not really making it: General Motors said today that it is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service because the planes are not being used enough. The top three executives at GM, however, will continue to use the private luxurious jets for all of their business and personal travel, despite a flurry of criticism over the perk following an ABC News report this ...

Look at me way up high, Suddenly here am I, I'm flying
SteveAudio — Beethoven wrote some beautiful music while totally deaf. Talent and drive, plus hard work. Some people, however, can hear just fine and yet are completely tone-deaf. Like GM's Rick Wagoner: General Motors said today that it is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service because the planes are not being used enough. The top three executives at GM, however, will continue to use the private luxurious jets for all of their business and personal travel, despite a flurry of criticism over the perk following an ABC News report this week. An ABC News investigation revealed that the top three ...

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