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DETROIT - Opponents of a deal between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. are spreading misinformation as they campaign against the contract, the union's president said Saturday. In an interview with The Associated Press, UAW president Ron Gettelfinger said he is pushing the deal because it preserves jobs with product guarantees for several vehicle assembly plants and helps ensure that Ford will be competitive and become profitable in the future. The deal, if approved by Ford's 41,000 UAW members in voting during the next two weeks, brings Ford close to labour cost parity with General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, both of which got deep concessions from the union as they headed into bankruptcy protection earlier this year. Many of the opponents, including some elected leaders at Ford's pickup truck plant in... [read full story]
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