12.11.2008

UAW applauds bipartisan House vote; calls for immediate Senate action

"The U.S. House of Representatives has taken responsible action with a bipartisan vote to support bridge loans for the U.S. auto industry," UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said.

"The Senate must now act on this critical legislation, which President Bush helped to draft and will sign. It's clear there is majority support in Congress for these emergency bridge loans, which will protect millions of jobs, thousands of businesses, and hundreds of billions in tax revenues at all levels of government.

"We can't let a minority in the Senate obstruct an urgent response to an economic crisis which threatens the long-term viability of our U.S. manufacturing base -- not when millions of jobs are at risk in all 50 states."