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The Senate\’s failure to act on a loan to rescue two of the nation\’s top three auto makers leaves their fate with Republican President George W. Bush. United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger welcomed the prospect, compared to Senate Republican demands that his members cut their pay in half as a condition for aid.
The United Auto Workers is willing to rework provisions of contracts with Detroit\’s three automakers – while not officially "reopening" the pacts – to help the car firms stave off collapse, union President Ron Gettelfinger said.
As we face a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, it\’s important to wade through the anecdotes, selective statistics, and calls for more cuts in state spending and remember the three fundamental facts outlined below.
If Congress does not soon approve emergency loan legislation to keep Detroit’s Big Three automakers operating as they ride out the nation’s financial crisis, job losses will ripple not just through the auto industry but through the entire economy, warned UAW President Ron Gettelfinger.
The state of Minnesota must use a variety of tools to address its projected record budget deficit of $5.3 billion, including creating jobs, instituting fair tax policies and ending wasteful outside contracts, unions say.
The Transit Partners Coalition, which helped pass Minnesota’s transportation bill last spring, and the progressive movement of Rochester, Minn., will be honored at the TakeAction Minnesota Progressive Leadership Awards Dinner Saturday, Dec. 6.
City of Duluth workers held a "We want to work" protest Monday, when Mayor Don Ness shut down city services for a day.
Testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Tuesday, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger didn\’t mince words about the auto industry\’s need for Congress to approve a bridge loan.
Whether Minnesota labor\’s massive effort to mobilize members in the 2008 elections was a success will ultimately turn on the results of a recount in the U.S. Senate race, Labor 2008 coordinators say.
City of Duluth workers will hold a "We want to work" protest Monday, when Mayor Don Ness holds a one-day shutdown of city services.