Ron Gettelfinger
Ron Gettelfinger
Ronald A. "Ron"Gettelfinger was the president of the United Auto Workers from 2002 to 2010...
active agreement asks care continue coverage excellent health receive sacrifices today
Like the U.A.W.-G.M. health care agreement, this tentative agreement asks every U.A.W. member, active and retired, to make sacrifices so that everyone can continue to receive excellent health care coverage today and in the future.
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The tentative agreement on health care matters is the result of an in-depth analysis of G.M.'s financial situation and many weeks of intense discussion between the U.A.W. and G.M..
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Once again, we see the disgusting spectacle of the people at the top taking care of themselves at the same time they are demanding extraordinary sacrifices from their hourly workers, engineers, administrative and support staff, mid-level managers and others.
biggest care case general health mistake problem
I think we're making a mistake if we think in the case of General Motors that health care is the biggest problem that they've got.
agreement believe reach
We do not believe that they want to reach an agreement.
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We believe the tentative agreement is an essential step toward ensuring that G.M. is a competitive and financially sound corporation that can continue to provide good wages and benefits for decades to come.
bow scare tactic using workers
I think he is probably using that as a scare tactic to try to make the workers bow to him or something,
approach clearly definitely taken
The approach that he has taken is clearly, clearly one of angering the membership, ... But I can tell you one thing: He has definitely solidified the rank-and-file of our union.
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UAW-GM active workers and retirees have long enjoyed some of the best health-care coverage of any industrial workers in America,
financial frame headed report time waiting
To try to come up with a time frame on where we're headed would be unfair. We're still waiting on the report back from our financial advisers,
corporate deal interests represent resources time
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the UAW has had to deal with a court-ordered corporate restructuring, and we will vigorously use our experience, expertise, and resources to represent the interests of UAW workers.
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We've got a pretty unique situation involving General Motors . That's why I'm optimistic.
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We have said consistently that General Motors cannot shrink itself to prosperity. In fact, shrinking General Motors only exacerbates its problems.
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Whether or not we can stabilize a situation that's deteriorating, I'm not sure, ... We'll just have to wait and see until what the final analyses are.