CORRECT: UAW President Says He Will Retire In 2010 At Age 65
19 März 2009 - 4:51PM
Dow Jones News
United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said he has no
plans to run for a third term and will retire at age 65 next
year.
"It is totally untrue and totally unfounded," Gettelfinger said
during a radio interview in Detroit Thursday in response to a media
report that he may consider running for a third term. He said he
will retire next year, but offered no hint on who might take over
the position.
Gettelfinger has been instrumental in guiding the UAW through
one of the most chaotic times in the U.S. auto industry. He has
attempted to protect worker wages and benefits while also working
with the auto makers to cut costs.
This year alone he helped negotiate further changes to the union
cost structure in order to help General Motors Corp (GM) and
Chrysler LLC in their bid to win funding from the U.S. government
to continue operating.
-By Jeff Bennett; jeff.bennett@dowjones.com; 248-204-5542