WIN Year In Review: Huge Changes For Autoworkers in 2007 - Two-Tier Wages & End To Employer-Paid Retiree Health Care - 12/28/07
27th December 2007
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The earth shook in the U.S. auto industry in 2007. As the United Auto Workers sat down with the Detroit 3 automakers to negotiate a new contract, it was clear that the wages and benefits standards the UAW had built over decades of struggle would be attacked. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger sounded a defiant note at the UAW’s convention.
[Gettelfinger]: "By drawing on our courage and solidarity, we can and will rise to the challenge and forge a better future for generations to come. Solidarity, solidarity, solidarity forever!"
As he sat down at the bargaining table, Gettelfinger sounded like the UAW would fight to defend the middle class lifestyles it had won.