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United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger listens to a question at a news conference during a break in a meeting of UAW officials in Detroit, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008.
Thursday, Dec. 04, 2008

Open quoteConcessions... I used to cringe at that word.Close quote

  • RON GETTELFINGER,
  • president of the United Automobile Workers union, after the union's Dec. 3 announcement that it would make major contract concessions with Detroit automakers to help them lobby Congress for a bailout
Photo: Paul Sancya/AP | Source: New York Times