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An Auto Bailout?
Latest News - Auto Workers Call for Rally at Auto Show Jan 11
December 9 - Auto Worker Caravan Shakes up Capitol Hill
December 4 - Detroit News Editorial - Cutting Auto Wages Won't Solve Big 3 Crisis.
November 21 - Abandoning autoworkers and their communities is not the answer.
November 13 - Listen to Mark Brenner on AM talk radio, Portland's KPOJ, discussing the auto industry bailout.
November 12 - Labor Notes' Mark Brenner tackles the auto industry bailout on Democracy Now!
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I believe the contracts at Boeing should be able to stand on their own merit. Why do union members have to be bribed to accept contracts, usually because they are sub-standard. I too like money as most people do. But a GWI is by far superior many times over a bonus.
A GWI is a benefit that gives for the rest of your career at Boeing, a bonus although pleasant will be eaten up with taxes and spent in a blink of an eye for most members. That said it does come in handy. I would propose first going for a real GWI since we haven't had one in 4 years and then add the bone-us to the mix. Now that we've been on strike how about $1,000 for each week we are out. Just looking at the big picture long term verses instant gratification.