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Tell the President: GM Can’t Use Taxpayer Money to Ship U.S. Jobs Overseas
General Motors Corp.—which has received some $15.6 billion in federal bailout funds and is asking for another $11.6 billion—plans to use some of that taxpayer money to close 16 U.S. manufacturing plants and increase the number of vehicles made in Mexico, China, Korea and Japan for sale in the United States.
The UAW is asking its members and supporters to send a message to President Obama and to the auto task force that will have to approve GM’s restructuring plan, asking both to
stand up for the interests of American workers and retirees.
GM has until the end of May to submit its restructuring plans and is in negotiations with the UAW, the auto task force, bond holders, lenders and others with a stake in the company’s future.
In an e-mail message today to its activists network, the UAW says GM’s plans would cost 21,000 UAW jobs plus tens of thousands of additional jobs at auto suppliers, dealers and other businesses. Says the UAW message:
We need President Obama and his auto task force to stand up for the interests of American workers and retirees in the restructuring negotiations.
Tell him to insist that GM must change its restructuring plan. If GM is going to receive government assistance to facilitate its restructuring, along with the tremendous sacrifices by UAW active and retired members, it should be required to maintain the maximum number of jobs in the U.S. instead of outsourcing more production to foreign countries.
You can click here for the White House website and to send a message to the president urging him to ensure that GM’s restructuring plan maintains U.S. jobs.
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We should also tell the president that GM and Obama cannot use taxpayer money to give GM over to the UAW. If GM goes bankrupt as it should, the repayment of taxpayer money should be a preferred claim, just like back taxes. That money should be returned to the taxpayers via the Treasury, just like it arrived at GM. The whole thing points up the stupidity of involving taxpayers in private companies. Didn’t Democrats used to hate corporate welfare????
I believe we need to acknowledge the sacrafices being made by many stakeholder groups which have/will keep GM afloat.
Stakeholders include: UAW, Retirees, line management, dealers,U.S. supplies & workers and the public through their tax dollars.
It is difficult for me to comprehend a GM strategy of increasing production off shore and expecting the public to purchase they products ?