48 Quotes by Ron Gettelfinger

Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the UAW has had to deal with a court-ordered corporate restructuring, and we will vigorously use our experience, expertise, and resources to represent the interests of UAW workers.

To try to come up with a time frame on where we're headed would be unfair. We're still waiting on the report back from our financial advisers,

UAW-GM active workers and retirees have long enjoyed some of the best health-care coverage of any industrial workers in America,

We have a concern, certainly, ... We would prefer to not see Delphi go into bankruptcy, but it is, as we all recognize, a very difficult and challenging three-party issue there.

We cannot sugarcoat what we're facing as working people and as a nation. These are very serious times, and it is time for us to take very serious actions. If we don't stand up, who will?

We felt there was a need for us to take some action, ... This is a major move on our part.

We're very pleased to announce tonight that we have reached a tentative agreement with the Ford Motor Company... during what proved to be a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations,

We don't accept the notion that America is a country where a privileged few live well while the rest of us struggle to meet our daily expenses, ... We're going to fight for something better.

blatant union busting and an insult to every American worker.