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Gettelfinger: Chrysler, GM may not need additional loans

United Auto Workers union president Ron Gettelfinger says Chrysler and GM may not need additional federal funds beyond the $17.4 billion already approved.
In an exclusive interview at the UAW’s Solidarity House, the union leader told Automotive News that sales in 2009 will determine whether more money will be needed to keep the automakers solvent. Gettelfinger is hopeful the [...]

UAW okays suspension of jobs bank

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger announced the union will agree to suspend the Jobs Bank program and will allow Chrysler, Ford and General Motors to delay their payments to the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) that is due to assumer responsibility for retiree health care in 2010. The announcement came following an emergency meeting between Gettelfinger and the presidents and chairmen [...]

UAW backs down, Chrysler asks for loonies

Canada’s Globe and Mail reported today that Chrysler Canada had asked the federal and Ontario governments for $1 billion (Canadian) in loans to survive through the current crisis. One quarter of Chrysler’s manufacturing is done in Ontario, with all minivans and rear-drive cars currently built there.
In other news, following what can best be described as [...]

Cerberus running out of cash for Chrysler

Chrysler is draining its financial reserves rapidly, according to sources cited in a Reuters report. Hundreds of millions of dollars in additional incentives and supplier payments have added to its cash burn and the company may have difficulty funding its operations after the first half of 2009.
Pending asset sales are unlikely to able to cover [...]

Big Three leaders make plea for (at least) another $25 billion

The Associated Press reported that leaders of General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, and the UAW requested financial assistance from Congress. Specifically, the companies and union asked for $25 billion in federal loans to fund their contributions to health care trusts created in 2007, and for help in gaining access to the Treasury’s $350 billion bailout fund [...]

Sources say Chrysler merger taking back seat to GM survival

Knowledgeable sources say General Motors will not include a merger announcement in its “important changes” to be announced tomorrow along with its quarterly earnings. In fact, they say merger discussions have taken a back seat to GM’s push for federal financial aid to help the automaker to stay afloat.
The word on the street is that [...]

UAW hires Girsky to advise on merger, bailouts

Automotive News reports the United Auto Workers union has hired veteran Wall Street consultant Stephen Girsky to advise it on the potential merger of Chrysler and General Motors as well as automakers’ efforts to get a bailout from the federal government.
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger has gone on record as opposing a merger if it would [...]




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