Monday, March 09, 2009

Obama task force visits Detroit Monday as Repubs urge end to auto aid.

Members of the Obama task force that advise on future U.S. Treasury loans are scheduled to visit GM’s Technical Center, including a test-drive of GM’s Volt electric car, and tour a Chrysler pickup factory in Warren, Michigan. They also will meet with executives and United Auto Workers union President Ron Gettelfinger, according to an administration official, who asked not to be named because the plans are private.

Obama’s chief auto advisers, Ronald Bloom, a former United Steelworkers union adviser and previously a vice president at Lazard Ltd., and Steven Rattner, co-founder of private-equity firm Quadrangle Group LLC, will be among the participants, the official said.
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1 comment:

airJackie said...

John Boehner tossed his voters under the bus today. Now Ohio and Michigan are two States with large amounts of Auto Workers. Republicans knew Obama wanted to save and help the Auto Industry but now these guys want them to fail too. There has to be a way to save these companies without closing them and thousands more Americans losing jobs. Down size some of the companies assets to start with and work their way up from there. I notice no Law Maker refused their big raise to help with the Recession but all are telling the American people to cut back.