Ron Gettelfinger
Ron Gettelfinger
Ronald A. "Ron"Gettelfinger was the president of the United Auto Workers from 2002 to 2010...
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The tentative agreement is an essential step toward insuring that General Motors is a competitive and financially sound corporation,
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The tentative agreement asks every UAW-GM 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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Some people say that until it gets over $3 (a gallon) it won't really matter, ... I think when the average person pulls up to the fuel pumps it does have an impact on them.
strike
It would be presumptuous for us to say that there would be a strike and it would be just as presumptuous for someone to say there would not be.
deal decisions
It was a long year. It was probably one of the most painful, excruciating decisions that we ever had to deal with as a union.
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Delphi 's misuse of the bankruptcy procedure to circumvent the collective bargaining process and slash jobs and wages and drastically reduce healthcare, retirement, and other hard-won benefits or eliminate them altogether is a travesty and a concern for every American.
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Delphi's contract proposal was not designed to be a framework for an agreement but a road map for confrontation,
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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,
issue mistake
Make no mistake about it, we will make a big issue out of that in the (bankruptcy) hearings,
absolutely move ready
No, absolutely not. We've done our share. We're ready to move forward.
agreement focused
Right now I'm just focused on this agreement,
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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,
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His statements fly in the face of everything these workers stand for,
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has focused squarely on issues and on doing what's in the best interests of workers and their families, refusing to be drawn into divisive personal squabbles.