General Motors and UAW sign contrract in Detroit

General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner (left front), United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger (right front) and their respective senior leadership teams, sign the 2007 UAW-GM national labor contract at a special ceremony held at the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources in Detroit, Michigan on November 12, 2007. The new contract is effective for the next four years. (UPI Photo/John F. Martin/General Motors)

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