From this morning's Freep (selected sections - full article at link):

Zetsche: Don't blame UAW
Health care didn't force Chrysler sale

The sale of the Chrysler Group cannot be blamed on the UAW's unwillingness to grant health care concessions to DaimlerChrysler AG, the German company's top executive said Wednesday.

DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche had been frustrated with the UAW for not giving Chrysler the same kind of money-saving deal last year that it granted Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. But in an interview Wednesday with the Free Press, he said the disagreement did not lead to the decision to sell, as many analysts have suggested.

"This did not affect our relationship and this did not lead to the final decision," Zetsche said.

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"After a thorough review and several meetings with the company, the UAW is ready to move forward with the new owner. Cerberus will honor the UAW contract, and as we enter contract negotiations this summer, the sale of Chrysler will not affect our bargaining goals," Gettelfinger [UAW Chief] said in an online forum Wednesday.

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In the online chat, Gettelfinger and Holiefield [UAW Vice President] repeated their desire for national health care.

"America's health care crisis is out of control, and that's why the UAW supports a national, single-payer, comprehensive health care plan for every man, woman and child. We cannot solve the health care crisis in any one set of negotiations with any one company," they said. Chrysler had sought health care concessions from the UAW last year similar to what the union gave Ford and GM, but the union would not go along with it.

Gettelfinger has said that last summer, when company officials showed them the numbers, Chrysler was not losing money.

So, the UAW exists to achieve national health care?

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