Union too slow to go green, cut jobs bank
With the clarity of hindsight after a near-death experience, UAW President Bob King acknowledged that the union failed to anticipate demand for cleaner vehicles and the crippling cost of the jobs bank.
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"I don't think we pushed hard enough for green vehicles early enough," King said. "I don't think we understood the competition well enough." That is a different song from a union that fought long and hard, arm-in-arm with the Detroit Three CEOs, to reduce or weaken nearly all proposed increases in fuel economy standards over the last three decades. As recently as March 2007, former UAW President Ron Gettelfinger echoed the Big Three CEOs' fervent opposition not only to higher fuel economy standards sought by Democrats and environmentalists, but also modest Bush administration proposals to improve mileage by 4% annually over the next 10 years. |
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