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Old 07-28-2011, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ArlJim78 View Post
the union didn't make out because of their collective bargaining agreement, they made out because they paid off politcians via their unions dues and said politicians crafted a special bankruptcy plan that protected the union while letting the non union employees twist in the wind. elected officials picking and choosing the winner is cronyism and it stinks.

there are courts for handling bankruptcies which are very good at deciding how to divvy up the assets of a failed company. those courts would not have been as kind to the UAW as their friends in Washington were.
Exactly right.
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