Ron Gettelfinger

The Cause of Our Lives: Meaningful Health Care Reform

Ron Gettelfinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Uaw, Medicare, Public Option, Employee Free Choice Act, Ted Kennedy, Ron Gettelfinger, Politics News

Healthy economies and healthy communities require good jobs and good wages. The collective voice of a union is the only instrument workers have to put a check on corporate power.

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The Cause of Our Lives: Meaningful Health Care Reform

Ron Gettelfinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Uaw, Medicare, Public Option, Employee Free Choice Act, Ted Kennedy, Ron Gettelfinger, Politics News

Healthy economies and healthy communities require good jobs and good wages. The collective voice of a union is the only instrument workers have to put a check on corporate power.

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The Double-Standardization Of Double Standards

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Surely there is nothing new about double standards in business and finance, especially in the current crisis. In fact, there may even be a rising double standard for what constitutes a double standard.

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AIG v. Detroit - Renegotiating Contracts

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Boeing, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Barney Frank, Cars, Job Bank, Harvard, Aig, Wwwtalkradioonecom, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Fiat, Sema, Bob Nardelli, Allstate, Tarp, Elijah Cummings, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, Dearborn, Washington DC, Ford Motor Co, Las Vegas, Detroit Automakers, Chrysler, Chrysler Jeep, Wharton, Ron Gettelfinger, Yale University, Ford Mustang, Uaw, Edward Liddy, Business News

Congress could throw hundreds of billions at GM, Ford and Chrysler -- but how could the results be any different from what we see now?'

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The Auto Bailout and Post-Partisanship?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republican Administration, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Government Bailout, United Auto Workers, Economy, Ford, Congress, Obama, Bush, Chrysler, Mark Zandi, General Motors, Ron Gettelfinger, Bob Corker, Auto Industry Bailout, Auto Industry, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Gm, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Chysler, Politics News

This is a mess. Everybody in the auto industry is staring into the abyss - the automakers, the unions, the suppliers, the dealers - not to mention the government and the taxpayers.

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The Gray Lady Bitchslaps Auto Workers

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Automakers, Big Three, Uaw, Bailout, Chrysler, Gm, Economy, Ron Gettelfinger, Ford, New York Times, Cars, Poor, Union, Business News

The Big Three claim their industry is tanking not because of their refusal to change their gas-guzzling car designs, but because evil workers are demanding their contractually promised benefits.

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What About The Government "Bailout" Of Foreign Automakers?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automakers, Financial Crisis, Sen. Richard Shelby, Gm, Ron Gettelfinger, Detroit, Automaker Bailout, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Video, Politics News

The domestic automakers are struggling under the same burden against their foreign competitors with the subsidies they receive as local businesses do against Wal-Mart.

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UAW Will Renegotiate Terms, Modify Jobs Bank

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automakers, Auto Industry, Automaker Bailout, United Auto Workers, Ron Gettelfinger, Cars, Uaw, Business News

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billi...

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Do It For Me, Matchbox Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gm, Alan Mulally, Rep Emanuel Cleaver, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Ford, Aston Martin AMV10, Ducati Motorbike, Sen. Bob Corker, Chrysler, Robert Nardelli, Michigan, Lamborghini, Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Mustang, Mini, Financial Crisis, Porche 911, Sen. Chris Dodd, Uaw, Detroit, Indiana, Big Three, Jet, Ceos, Fighter Jet, Nascar, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Chysler, Auto Industry, Business News

From the fireworks in DC this week, you might think the auto crisis is out of your hands, but we're all complicit: government, CEOs, autoworkers, the public.

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Big Media: Screw the Auto Workers

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uaw, Big Three Automakers, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Economy, Working Life, Wages, Economic Crisis, Cars, Ford, Automakers, Labor, Bailout, General Motors, Alan Reuther, Ron Gettelfinger, Detroit, Unions, Auto Industry, Business News

Memo to the media: you want to see the auto industry go down? Fine. But, at least try to give the facts about the cuts, concessions and job losses that workers have taken on in a bid to save their livelihoods.

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Detroit's Day of Reckoning (with Thanks to David Halberstam)

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chapter 11, Peter Morici, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, David Halberstam, Cars, Chris Dodd, Ford, Robert Lutz, Nissan, Robert Nardelli, US Senate, Detroit, Richard Shelby, President Bush, Masters of the Universe, Northwest Airlines, Uaw, Bankruptcy, Gm, Alan Mulally, Pebble Beach, Detroit Three, Washington DC, Democrats, Barack Obama, Tokyo Motor Show, Ron Gettelfinger, Code Pink, Harry Reid, Republicans, Dearborn, Business News

This week's bailout hearing signaled what looks like the ultimate day of reckoning for this country's once-great and world-dominating car making industry. All Americans are tired of the excuses.

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Strike Deadline For Chrysler, UAW Talks Nears

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrysler, Tom LaSorda, Uaw, United Auto Workers, Ron Gettelfinger, Business News

The United Auto Workers union and Chrysler remained locked in all-night marathon negotiations early Wednesday as workers prepared for the picket lines...

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UAW, Chrysler Settle After Brief Strike

AP | TOM KRISHER, DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrysler Strike, Chrysler, Uaw, United Auto Workers, Ron Gettelfinger, Business News

The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative four-year contract with Chrysler Wednesday, hours after going out on strike and the same day General...

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