GM Workers Face Choice: Buyout or Bet on Recovery

By Frank Langfitt

Published March 31, 2006 at 4:00 PM EST

Laid-off worker Rick Siegert plans to turn down a $70,000 buyout to cut his ties to General Motors. He'd rather keep working in the company's Jobs Bank, building art work like this for a community group while still earning a full salary.

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