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To: Joe NYC who wrote (438593)	12/5/2008 6:01:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574260

The union contracts have already been broken. No, they have not. Yes, they have: UAW agrees to help automakers Union says it will work on changes in labor contract, a key to winning support for federal bailout of GM, Ford and Chrysler. Gettelfinger said the union will suspend the "jobs bank" at GM. That is a jobs guarantee program that pays laid off auto workers up to 95% of their regular pay. He said the union is also open to suspending the jobs bank at Ford and Chrysler. But he said this and other help from the union is not enough to save the automakers from their current crisis. money.cnn.com