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video press release 17 feb 12 - autoworkers react to romney statements on auto loans
Bookmarked 730 weeks ago autoworkers react to romney statements on auto loansdetroit -- uaw members reacted strongly to mitt romney039s claim that quotwe should have let detroit go bankruptquot when the economy and the auto industry were about to collapsequothe039s trying to rewrite history and attack president obama and the uaw for successfully saving the auto industryquot said uaw president bob king quothe is misleading voters about the president039s bold and decisive rescue of the auto industry and about sacrifices made by workers but voters deserve the truthquot even prior to the emergency rescue loans uaw members made deep sacrifices beginning in 2005 to save the company giving up pay increases overtime pay holidays agreeing to a reduced pay and benefit structure for new hires and other concessions president obama demanded additional concessions and shared sacrifice from both labor and management in exchange for the loansin return america039s carmakers retooled to create the energy-efficient cars of the future and repaid their outstanding loans years ahead of schedulerescuing the auto industry saved more than 14 million jobs up and down the supply chainquotthere039s not a person in michigan who doesn039t have a sister or brother or cousin or friend who is tied to the auto industryquot said stacie steward a uaw local 1700 member and an electrician from chrysler039s sterling heights assembly plant shap in sterling heights mich quotevery michigan citizen should be appalled by what mitt romney saidquot quotit039s an attack on american workersquot said jeff klayo also of local 1700 and from shap which was scheduled to close before chrysler received the loans quotwe039re out there trying to get the american dream we039re trying to keep our jobs for a good wage for our family put food on our table pay our taxes continue to work for the company and get the rewardsquotif the company039s successful we can be successful if the company takes a downturn we take a downturn with itquot he added quotthe president039s rescue loans helped the auto industry survive the darkest hour of its history and return to thriving operations todayquot said king quotthese workers from shap are evidence they along with hundreds of thousands other workers who depend on the auto industry for jobs were facing a very uncertain future but today they are making the chrysler 200 one of detroit039s new hot-selling models uaw members completed negotiations with the domestic automakers this fall with a strategy to make the company successful and to share in its success and that strategy paid offquotquotamericans deserve to know the truthquot king added quotthe emergency loans worked gm is once again the world039s top carmaker its 2011 profit was its largest ever the auto industry added more than 200000 jobs in the last two-and-a-half years and 2011 was the strongest year of industry job growth since 1994 demand for their cars is going up so gm ford and chrysler are starting to run three production shifts a day at many plants added shifts and new facilities mean jobs for thousands more workers in michigan ohio and other places across the countryquota video statement from uaw members is available for use and can be downloaded here: you tube linksoundbites from:jeff klayo ampamp stacie steward local 1700 sterling heights assembly plantskilled trades electricians |
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