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The Spark Newspaper
We publish a newspaper every two weeks titled The Spark.
Issue no. 807 — October 8 - 22, 2007
Editorial
Editorial: The Vultures of Wall Street Are Circling over the GM VEBA
Pages 2-3
Egypt: New strike of textile workers
Rights of “Indigenous People”: A formal right, a real disappearance
Burma: A dictatorship supported by the big powers
Simi Valley: Right wing attacks on immigrant sanctuary
Pages 4-5
“Ford is in worse financial shape,” NO! They make it, then they take it away
The devil in the GM contract: Sell out your children, your parents and yourselves
Caterpillar workers know all about VEBA
If GM risks bankruptcy – cover retirees with GM stock!
New Attendance Rules: GM Owns You
VEBA good for 80 years? Not even 80 months!
COLA formula maintained – but the money disappears!
Chrysler: Scheduling a vote with nobody there
Key sections of the UAW GM contract on-line
Skilled trades on a chopping block
GM Contract – A monument to worthless promises
Pages 6-7
LAX: One near miss after another
Five workers dead – the cost of pushing to increase profits
Michigan budget deal: Exactly as scripted
Page 8
CEOs “sacrifice” in a time of war
Congress can’t find money for poor children