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Posted By Klarissa 7 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsThe United Auto Workers lost more than 33,000 members in 2008, a new post-World War II low as Detroit's Big Three continued to dramatically downsize.
The UAW’s 18 officers, who make more than $130,000 a year each, received an average 4.4 percent pay raise in 2008. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger was awarded a 4.2 percent pay raise in 2008 to $157,117; secretary treasurer Elizabeth Bunn’s pay was boosted 4.9 percent to $146,100.
The UAW spent $310 million in 2008 on its operations, including $10.5 million on political activities and lobbying; $123 million on representational activities and about $100 million on overhead, union administration and benefits for its employees.
The Teamsters, meanwhile, spent $182.6 million in 2008 and took in receipts of $180 million. Teamsters President James P. Hoffa received a 3.6 percent raise in his salary 2008 to $287,949.
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Klarissa7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Even as the industry struggles with massive losses, the UAW brass continue to own and operate a $33 million lakeside retreat in Michigan, complete with a $6.4 million designer golf course. And it's costing them millions each year.
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The UAW, known more for its strikes than its slices, hosts seminars and junkets at the Walter and May Reuther Family Education Center in Onaway, Mich., which is nestled on "1,000 heavily forested acres" on Michigan's Black Lake, according to its Web site.
But the Black Lake club and retreat, which are among the union's biggest fixed assets, have lost $23 million in the past five years alone, a heavy albatross around the union's neck as it tries to manage a multibillion-dollar pension plan crisis.
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pc257 months, 2 weeks ago
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did anyone notice this today.........the Obama has sold out the UAW.......so much for the rhetoric of keeping jobs in america
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...
Under Restructuring, GM To Build More Cars Overseas
obama is dissmantling this country piece by piece..........-
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nostalgia7 months, 2 weeks ago
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I read that article earlier
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Obama is in a very difficult situation - give GM more money on the condition they keep jobs here which will infuriate taxpayers who don't want any further bailouts OR let GM move the jobs offshore in the hopes of them becoming profitable
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stephen-johnson7 months, 2 weeks ago
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If Card Check becomes a reality, look for the unions to target service sector companies like FedEx and WallMart to replace all the members they've been losing in the manufacturing sector. And then look for those well run companies to get a government bailout a la Chrysler 10 years down the road, with the unions trumping senior bondholders for the assets of the failed companies.
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