Today in 2009 General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The filing made the automaker the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. It went on to recover thanks to massive help from the UAW and the federal government.
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General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.