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GM will keep its most profitable Buick brand, Reilly said. The carmaker is trying to sell or close Saturn, Hummer and Saab out of its eight brands.
Its also studying plans to drop Pontiac and GMC as part of its broader cost-cutting moves, people familiar with the discussions have said. The Chevrolet, Cadillac and Buick brands are likely safe, said the people last week, asking not to be named because decisions arent final.
This should be good! Isn't this exactly the kind of thing Obama said he was going to stop, first we give them bail out money, then they repay the American people by building a new plant overseas? See union workers you have been slitting your own neck for years, now you will bleed out.
"You can't blame it on the Bush administration anymore," said John Boyd, head of the National Black Farmers Association, which has organized the lawsuits. "I can't figure out for the life of me why the president wouldn't want to implement a bill that he fought for as a U.S. senator."
The Treasury has an agreement in principle with the United Automobile Workers union, whose members pensions and retiree health care benefits would be protected as a condition of the bankruptcy filing, ......
The U.A.W., Chrysler and Treasury have reached agreements in principle that would protect workers benefits, people with knowledge of the negotiations said, and a similar agreement is expected to be reached as soon as this weekend with the Canadian Auto Workers union.
Chrysler has a $9.3 billion pension shortfall, or 34 percent of its total liability, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The agency said earlier this month that it would assume $2 billion of the shortfall in the event Chrysler terminates its pension plans.