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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by pytester on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:00AM (#20984735)
>In 2005 when the company lost $10 billion or in 2007 when they lost $38 billion the union workers didn't get bills in the mail instead of checks.

And you're saying that shareholders did get bills in the mail?

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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by coliveira on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:32AM (#20985070)
Taxpayers got this bill! Shareholders of GM got billions in profit, and then mismanaged the company (through their appointed officers). In the end the US taxpayers had to pay for their stupidity.
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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by wil421 on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:02AM (#20984751)
Seconded. I’d like to know who got these bills when GM was losing money.
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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by lotsofpulp on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:05AM (#20984786)
Everyone who pays US taxes and/or owns USD (via devaluation).

https://www.thebalance.com/auto-industry-bailout-gm-ford-chr...

https://money.cnn.com/2014/05/29/news/companies/gm-profit-ba...

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