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(thanks Jimbres) "The UAW leadership has given one cutback after another to the auto bosses since president Ron Gettelfinger took office in 2002. In 2002, 2005 and 2007 the UAW gave up health benefits and agreed to sweeping wage cuts. These concessions include two-tier pay levels so that newly hired workers are making under $14 per hour. Now as profits and stock values plummet for GM, Chrysler and Ford, the ruling class has initiated a full-throttled campaign to blame "rich auto workers" for the crisis facing the companies. Politicians and the corporate media have demanded the auto workers’ union surrender every advance won through decades of organizing, picketing and strikes, including during the heroic era of the sit-down strikes in the mid-1930s." Lessons for labor: capitulation is not the only way (Party for Socialism and Liberation - nice graphic of Che on their site too  )
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Replying to: bumpy (Dec 16, 2008 1:31 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 16, 2008 12:35 pm) I do wish that I had chosen to pay into SS also. Since that I am 100% Disabled Veteran and unable to get SSD. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 16, 2008 2:22 pm) I'll know what happens with me in four years and a month if I go at 62. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 15, 2008 8:37 pm) i saw a group of houses that had 1 exterior wall painted a dull orange. all had had fires. not sure if it was related.
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detroit free press article
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Dec 16, 2008 3:21 pm) He makes a point in spite of his being all wet. We should not rebuild New Orleans any more than we should save GM from their inability to build cars people want and make a profit doing so. Rebuilding homes in a floodplain is very much like giving money to the Big 3. A huge waste of resources. |
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Replying to: tlong (Dec 16, 2008 9:08 am) Thats pathetic if you can't name this source. |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 16, 2008 4:44 pm)
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 16, 2008 4:44 pm) fyi I was quoting another poster. |
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