GM pays white-collar workers millions in bonuses before cuts

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: December 25, 1991| Author: Bill Kole | Copyright information

DETROIT General Motors Corp. paid its white-collar workers millions of dollars in merit bonuses before announcing sweeping cuts, a spokesman said Tuesday.

John Maciarz defended the company's decision to reward diligent salaried workers despite its plans to eliminate 74,000 jobs and close 21 plants.

"We kept our promise to our employees," Maciarz said. "Equality of sacrifice is in the eyes of the person evaluating it. All three groups of people at General Motors sacrificed th...

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