Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on American automotive industry

[Omaha Steve]

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-30-2009/0004997251&EDATE=

ROME, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the American automotive industry:

"I am committed to revitalizing the American auto industry and helping manufacturing communities create new jobs to rebuild local economies. For hardest hit workers and communities, we will do everything we can to provide relief and paths to re-employment.

"The plan the president laid out today appropriately focuses on protecting the workers and communities feeling the effects of poor decisions made by the corporate leadership of the auto companies. Another goal is to achieve a sustainable auto industry in the U.S. for the future.

"The Department of Labor is already providing enhanced unemployment benefits to workers who have lost their jobs and additional job training funds to help displaced workers gain new job skills. Our Trade Adjustment Assistance program is available to provide income support, health insurance coverage, training funds and access to wage insurance. We will continue to look for ways to help these workers, their families and their communities.

"I look forward to working closely with President Obama and Director of Recovery for Auto Communities Ed Montgomery to make sure the communities hit hardest by the auto crisis can retool and revitalize their economies."

U.S. Department of Labor releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when placing your request at 202-693-7828 or TTY 202-693-7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America's employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit www.dol.gov/compliance.


SOURCE U.S. Department of Labor

[DJ13]

1. A lot of bla bla bla

Nothing about ensuring good wages

[Autumn]

2. You do know don't you that

our wages are more than adequate. Why do we have to complain about everything?


:sarcasm:

[ben_jenne]

3. Workers say Obama treated autos worse than Wall St

Autoworkers say Obama's 'tough love' more tough than love, they get worse treatment than banks
Jeff Karoub, AP Business Writer
Monday March 30, 2009, 8:17 pm EDT
DETROIT (AP) -- Many assembly line autoworkers reacted with skepticism and anger Monday to the Obama administration's tough tactics, which stoked long-simmering feelings that the people who put the country on wheels get treated differently than the wizards of Wall Street.

"It's the age-old Wall Street vs. Main Street smackdown again," said Brian Fredline, president of UAW Local 602 at a plant near Lansing. "You have all kinds of funding available to banks that are apparently too big to fail, but they're also too big to be responsible."

"But when it comes to auto manufacturing and middle-class jobs and people that don't matter on Wall Street, there are certainly different standards that we have to meet -- higher standards -- than the financials. That is a double standard that exists and it's unfair," Fredline said.

Many workers -- not generally known for their affection toward executives -- even sympathized with Rick Wagoner, who was forced to step down as chief executive of General Motors Corp. He was by turns called a "sacrificial lamb," "scapegoat" and "fall guy."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Workers-say-Obama-treated-apf-14790338.html

I guess someone should have checked with the line workers.

[madrchsod]

4. i heard the same shit in the 70`s,80`s,and 90`s.

there`s nothing we can build anymore hilda because we can`t compete with slave wages and trade policies that fuck the american worker.


it`s the old shit just another name on the door