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As Hearings Resume, UAW Offers Concessions

Dec. 4, 2008
With new union concessions on the table and plans they say will restore the U.S. auto industry to viability, chief executives of the Big Three Detroit car makers return to Capitol Hill today for two days of Congressional hearings that could prove critical in their quest for tens of billions of do...
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