Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] what are GM unions up to?

2009-09-12 Thread Phil Walden
Can you tell me what VEBA stands for in the response that you were given? Phil Walden On 9/9/09, Phil Walden phil at pwalden.fsnet.co.uk wrote: I have the GM bankruptcy petition in front of me and under an item

[Marxism-Thaxis] what are GM unions up to?

2009-09-11 Thread c b
That lack of class struggle perspective is the legacy of Reutherite opportunism. Charles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reuther On 9/9/09, Phil Walden phil at pwalden.fsnet.co.uk wrote: I have the GM

[Marxism-Thaxis] what are GM unions up to ?

2009-09-11 Thread c b
Walter Reuther Walter Philip Reuther (September 1, 1907 – May 9, 1970) was an American labor union leader, who made the United Automobile Workers a major force not only in the auto industry but also in the Democratic Party in the mid 20th century. He was a socialist in the early 1930s; he

[Marxism-Thaxis] what are GM unions up to ?

2009-09-11 Thread c b
Ron Gettelfinger Ron Gettelfinger in 2007Ronald A. Gettelfinger (born August 1, 1944) is the current chief president of the industrial union United Auto Workers. He has held the position since 2002. Gettelfinger started his union involvement in 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Louisville

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] what are GM unions up to?

2009-09-10 Thread c b
On 9/9/09, Phil Walden p...@pwalden.fsnet.co.uk wrote: I have the GM bankruptcy petition in front of me and under an item called Employee Obligations it details that an amount of $20 billion has been paid to the unions, although over what period it does not say. Have officials in the GM

[Marxism-Thaxis] what are GM unions up to?

2009-09-09 Thread Phil Walden
I have the GM bankruptcy petition in front of me and under an item called Employee Obligations it details that an amount of $20 billion has been paid to the unions, although over what period it does not say. Have officials in the GM unions been taking massive bribes and backhanders? Or is