Ron Gettelfinger, the president of the United Auto Workers union, got his members to accept two-tier wages and big concessions on the health-care and retirement plans.

WSJ: The Auto Makers Are Already Bankrupt

The union's leader, Ron Gettelfinger, said that payments of billions of dollars into health-care funds for retired workers, due to be made by 2010, could be delayed.

ECONOMIST: America's carmakers

Ron Gettelfinger, the head of UAW, says the VEBA being proposed under this new contract will secure the health care benefits of General Motors retirees for 80 years.

NPR: Retired UAW Members Analyze New GM Plan

Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) usually is softer, and the new UAW president, Ron Gettelfinger , came out of the Ford bargaining unit.

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Ron Gettelfinger, the sole American employee representative on DaimlerChrysler's board, and the United Auto Workers union president, had also opposed selling Chrysler to a private-equity suitor because it could spell job losses.

FORBES: Take Chrysler. Please

The chief executives of the Big Three, as well as UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, have spent the last two days on Capitol Hill trying to convince lawmakers that bankruptcy is not an option.

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