Sunday, November 16, 2008
Levin: Big 3 CEOs should resign if necessary to get federal aid
David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Michigan Sen. Carl Levin said Sunday the top executives of Detroit’s Big Three automakers should consider resigning if necessary to convince Congress to quickly pass up to $25 billion in emergency loans for [...]

Gettelfinger calls for emergency loans, says don’t blame the UAW
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Automotive News | November 15, 2008 – 5:30 pm EST
 
 
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. automakers urgently need a federal loan to survive, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said on Saturday, but their work force should not be blamed for the industry crisis.
Gettelfinger, in a rare news [...]

November 16, 2008

Tennessee and Kentucky plants can survive GM crisis

Spring Hill, Bowling Green build models considered essential to car maker’s future

By G. Chambers Williams III
THE TENNESSEAN
As the debate on a federal bailout for the U.S. Big Three automakers begins Monday in a lame-duck session of the Senate, workers at the General Motors Corp. plant [...]

Dems, seeking votes, add more strings to Detroit 3 aid
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Harry Stoffer
Automotive News | November 16, 2008 – 12:13 pm EST
 
 
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress are toughening the conditions they intend to place on emergency loans to the Detroit 3.
The moves, countering intense criticism of plans this week to consider $25 billion in industry [...]

Saturday, November 15, 2008
Commentary
An America without manufacturing becomes a starkly divided society
Warren Brown / The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — I’m often chided for my passionate support of the domestic automobile industry. But I don’t mind the ribbing.
My passion is a product of my faith in America, my belief in its ability to compete and excel, to [...]

Saturday, November 15, 2008
Gettelfinger: No more UAW concessions
Mark Williams / Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Even as Detroit’s Big Three teeter on collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday that workers will not make any more concessions and that getting the automakers back on their feet means figuring out a way to turn around [...]

Saturday, November 15, 2008
Pelosi: Aid bill will require Big 3 to restructure, meet fuel-efficiency goals
David Shepardson / The Detroit News
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that Democrats would move to add new conditions to an aid package of up to $25 billion for struggling domestic automakers, requiring them to further restructure in order [...]