GM Retirees Left to Twist in the Wind
Andrea K. Walker
Baltimore Sun
July 17, 2008
When Charles Miller went to work at General Motors’ Broening Highway plant in 1954, he was attracted to the company by its reputation for good salaries and stellar benefits.
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He stayed for 31 years. Since he retired from his job as a data processor in 1985, he has gotten health coverage from the automaker, which helped pay for his heart surgery last year.
But now the 77-year-old Perry Hall resident and thousands of other white-collar GM retirees and their spouses or survivors, including hundreds in the Baltimore area, are losing that.
The automaker, hemorrhaging sales in its core U.S. market, announced yesterday deep cuts and other actions to raise cash that would generate $15 billion in savings through 2009. Among the casualties: health benefits for salaried retirees 65 and older.
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