WBEN Radio (Buffalo, N.Y), June 23, 2006, Friday

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Workers Face Buyout Deadline At Delphi
Friday, June 23, 2006 07:45 AM - WBEN Newsroom http://www.wben.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=05244

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Detroit, MI (AP/WBEN) - Thousands of United Auto Workers union members face a deadline today to take General Motors Corp.'s buyout offer to retire early and take up to $140,000 to sever nearly all ties with the nation's largest automaker or to keep working.
Local workers say it's not so much the numbers that are delaying the decisions. It's the thought of ending a way of life.As of last week, about 25,000 workers had decided to leave GM one way or another as the struggling company tries to shed 30,000 U.S. hourly jobs by 2008 as part of its restructuring plan. In March, GM announced that it would offer buyouts or early-retirement incentives to all 113,000 of its hourly employees.
UAW officials figure that at least 30,000 will end up leaving, letting GM reach its goal two years early. In addition, 8,500 more workers at Delphi Corp., GM's former parts operation, already have signed up for similar offers, although their deadline is at least 45 days away. Some Delphi workers will return to GM under an agreement with the UAW.