Topic: Ron Gettelfinger

Ron Gettelfinger

Ron Gettelfinger has been the president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) since 2002. Union Chief Tries to Focus Auto Bailout on Jobs (November 20, 2008) Gettlefinger and the leaders of General Motors , Ford and Chrysler testified at two Congressional committees in ...
United Auto Workers (UAW) members elected a new president Wednesday to replace long-time stalwart Ron Gettelfinger at a daunting time for the union and the struggling US auto industry.At a 75th anniversary convention in Detroit, delegates voted by an overwhelming 2 ...
A prominent union official from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations wants the domestic automakers to reinstate the pay and benefits given up by United Auto Workers. Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president, issued his support to UAW employees and ...

Grow The UAW

The president of the United Auto Workers bid farewell Monday to a smaller and somewhat more subdued union, but urged members to keep organizing workers in autos and other industries.. Acknowledging the setbacks that caused the UAW to shrink by about half ...

Goodbye, Gettelfinger

The president of the United Auto Workers bid farewell Monday to a smaller and somewhat more subdued union, but urged members to keep organizing workers in autos and other industries.. Acknowledging the setbacks that caused the UAW to shrink by about half ...
In last speech as UAW president Gettelfinger says fight goes on for easier union organizingUnited Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger says the union will continue to fight for federal card-check legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize.In his ...

UAW meets as union looks to claw back from crisis

DETROIT (Reuters) - United Auto Workers delegates will gather in Detroit this week to elect new leaders as the union emerges from the U.S. auto industry's near-death experience with fewer workers, lower wages and an uncertain set of bargaining chips.Bob ...
Never too shy to share his thoughts, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger recently questioned at an Automotive Press Association event in Detroit whether the union's starting wage was adequate to afford a new, union-assembled car. UAW new hires start at ...

UAW Looks Toward Clawbacks

The WSJ reported yesterday that Ron Gettelfinger, the outgoing President of the UAW, said that he expects that the resurrection of Chrysler and GM (MTLQQ. Expecting the UAW to derive a lesson or two from their near death experience is probably as ...
Under ordinary circumstances, the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler ought to have killed the United Auto Workers union.. When the companies go public again, perhaps before the end of the year, the UAW trust will undoubtedly look to cash out as ...