Congressman Urges Obama to Remove UAW’s President

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Congressman Urges Obama to Remove UAW’s President

(CNSNews.com) – A Florida congressman is urging President Obama to be “even-handed” and ask United Auto Workers (UAW) President Ron Gettelfinger to relinquish his job – just as Obama forced the CEO of General Motors CEO to resign.
 
Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) said both auto industry bosses “share equal blame” for GM’s financial woes.
 
Late last month, Obama requested the resignation of GM CEO Rick Wagoner, saying it was an opportunity for a new beginning rather than “a condemnation.”
 
The president said his decision constituted “a new vision and new direction” for the battered auto maker.
 
But Obama’s decision spurred criticism among those who questioned why the UAW president didn’t stand alongside Wagoner in the unemployment line.
 
“For decades, U.S. automobile executives have made one bad choice after another and led their companies down the path toward ruin,” Mack said. “But at the same time, union bosses share equal blame for failing to act responsibly to achieve long-term stability and prosperity for their members, consumers and the auto industry as a whole,” Mack added.

Uncle Zer0 ain't gonna fire one of his pals.  Not going to happen.

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I only wish he was still my rep after that... had a string of a few good ones for a while, including Porter Goss (one time GWB nominee to DCI)