Saying the Democrats’ Detroit bailout plan “guarantees failure at taxpayer expense,” House Republicans on Wednesday introduced an alternative blueprint asking union workers to take a pay cut and give up benefits.
The current powers that be — both in Washington and Detroit — can’t be trusted to fix a More…
When the chief executives of the Big Three automakers first came to Washington to ask Congress for a $25 billion-bailout, they arrived in town on private jets.
When 16 active and retired members of the United Auto Workers headed to Washington on Sunday night to press the need for government More…
Last night, sixteen auto workers from Detroit packed into four cars (American-made, of course) and drove to Washington, where they met up with colleagues from four other states this morning to urge Congress to pass a bill to bailout the auto industry.
Speaking on Capitol Hill, active and retired union More…
As congressional lawmakers debate whether America’s automakers deserve an emergency cash infusion, a central point of contention has been the relationship between the powerful autoworkers union and Detroit’s failed business model. In a sentence: Many Republicans argue that the platinum pension and health-care benefits enjoyed by workers have More…
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