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UAW Leader Says No More Concession
AP ^
| 11-15-08
| Mark Williams
Posted on 11/15/2008 11:02:50 AM PST by engrpat
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Even as Detroit's Big Three teeter on collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger says workers will not make any more concessions and that getting the automakers back on their feet means figuring out a way to turn around the slumping economy.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aflcio; afscme; automakers; bailout; bho2008; cardcheck; chicagomob; chrysler; congress; democrats; detroit; economy; environmentalists; ford; gm; hoffa; honda; michigan; nissan; obama; pelosi; reid; seiu; taxes; teamsters; toyota; uaw; unions
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To: engrpat
“....that getting the automakers back on their feet means figuring out a way to turn around the slumping economy.”
How about “Drill, Drill, Drill”? More oil, cheaper gas, and GM makes a profit again.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:13:06 AM PST
by
DugwayDuke
(What's more important? Your principles or supporting the troops? Vote McCain!)
To: Roklok
Bankruptcy for GM and Ford could be the best thing that could happen to America right now.
They can unload the immense dead weight they are carrying, get back into the business of building and designing cars IN AMERICA, and serve as an object lesson to those that supported Democrats in the face of thier own personal self-interest.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:13:35 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(You Voted DEMOCRAT-You'l,l Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
To: engrpat
The UAW is betting that they own Obama.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:13:56 AM PST
by
razorback-bert
(Save the planet...it is the only known one with beer!)
To: Roklok
“These idiots are going to kill the golden goose.”
Not only did they kill the goose, they are now demanding that Golden Egg production remain the same!!
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:15:21 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(You Voted DEMOCRAT-You'l,l Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:15:57 AM PST
by
DryFly
To: razorback-bert
The UAW KNOWS that they own Obama
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:17:28 AM PST
by
italianquaker
(When BO won the election the stock market was at 9600 and a tank of gas cost 2 bucks.)
To: engrpat
Sometimes I think we should just fence off Michigan and Ohio (give the U.P. to Wisconsin), dust off the 48-star flag, and speak of this no more.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:18:19 AM PST
by
magellan
(u)
To: engrpat
Break the back of the UAW or let them all lose their jobs.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:18:32 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: Comparative Advantage
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:18:39 AM PST
by
Fred
(The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism and BO is a WHINING marxist)
To: engrpat
Methinks Gettelfinger just gave us the bird.
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To: Comparative Advantage
Full Pay to the Last Day was the slogan at Eastern Airlines. Worked out well for them too.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:20:47 AM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: engrpat
Easier for me to go out purchase a 30 year old car or truck etc , strip it, do the body work, new wiring harness,new glass , new crate engine and transmission , new paint and interior etc for under 15K that serves my needs and doesn’t cost me 50k.....
I don’t buy union, today or tomorrow until they abandon the socialist democratic sedition that is killing this nation.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:20:51 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: tcrlaf
I agree...bankruptcy for GM and Ford and renegotiating contracts is prerequisite for returning to a healthy and profitable capitalist society.
To: Roklok
Just how stupid can these people be Unions are very liberal democrats, there is no limit to their ignorance.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:22:40 AM PST
by
softwarecreator
(Wow, free food, free gas and no more mortgage payments after January 2009, thanks Obama!!)
To: engrpat
Obama is the Art Fern of American presidents. (Got no money? We don’t care!)
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:23:22 AM PST
by
teletech
(Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
To: tcrlaf
BTW. Volkswagen, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai and many other foreign car manufacturers DESIGN all of their cars in America.
Since when did American manufacturers find someplace in a foreign country where they could design cars?
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:25:08 AM PST
by
muawiyah
To: GM; Ford; Financial Institutions; Other_Bailees
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Scramble for the money. Do what it takes to take. Divvy it up amongst the execs, hold a fire sale, then close up shop.
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To: engrpat
Well there you have it. The UAW would rather have a contract and no jobs then take a cut and have jobs. Something is really wrong with this thinking, add the fact that news is getting out about their pay and benefits they could lose the PR war really fast. In other words the union dogma hasn't changed on 80 years.
So, let me elaborate on your statement engrpat, There you have it, the unions have gone to bed with politicians and now neither can afford the offspring created and both parents are pi$$ed with their self generated desperation.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:25:30 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: engrpat
Gotta keet that “Rubber Room” going.
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posted on
11/15/2008 11:25:37 AM PST
by
Mike Darancette
(I have nothing to say - Oliver Hardy)
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