Seriously. He must be saying that, right?Let me draw an analogy that will drive people nuts. What about military pensions and benefits after retirement? Well, come on what about it blowhards that are so quick to call for trashing the pensions and benefits of the auto workers, are you also arguing to trash and burn the same for those in the military???Because, there is a lot of yammering about how the

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Richard Shelby Wants To Place US Government In Bankruptcy And Eliminate Military Pensions And Benefits |
| By: bmaz Sunday November 23, 2008 9:49 am |
“It’s Too Expensive to Reveal Our Role in Mine Disasters” |
| By: emptywheel Sunday October 7, 2007 10:34 am |
Elaine Chao (and her acting solicitor Jonathan Snare) must have spent a lot of time with Alberto Gonzales. Because she seems to be parroting him, in an attempt to refuse to comply with Congress’ oversight requests.
The Labor Department said Friday that it could cost millions of dollarsand take months to respond to a House committee’s subpoena looking atthe agency’s oversight of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah, site of a fatal
UAW and Health Care |
| By: emptywheel Wednesday September 26, 2007 9:35 am |
The UAW is about to become one of the country’s biggest purchasers of health care.
Under the agreement, responsibility for the retiree health plan willshift to a Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association managed by theunion. Details about how the VEBA will be funded have not beendisclosed. But it is expected to involve a one-time payment of as muchas $35 billion by GM, providing the union with money to invest and useto pay for
Strike! |
| By: emptywheel Monday September 24, 2007 4:47 pm |
My state’s a mess: we still have no budget, and today the UAW launched its biggest strike in 30 years. (At least the football world is back to normal, with UM beating JoePa and the Lions losing badly).
A lot of people bitch and moan about bad American cars and use that as an excuse to bitch about UAW.
UAW to GM: Fix Your Product Line before You Come for My Healthcare |
| By: emptywheel Thursday June 16, 2005 11:04 am |
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