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Subject: This Just in: Owen Bieber Gone

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/19/20 at 5:32 am

Owen Bieber, who presided over the United Auto Workers Union during a period where membership dropped by nearly 400,000 members, has passed away at the age of 90.  :\'(

https://apnews.com/a790c9fa49f412836bbc0b7fd38ceb06

“Union membership shrunk in size by about half between 1979 and 1995, Bieber’s last year as president. Bieber had hoped to unionize Japanese and German carmakers when they opened U.S. plants, but he only had one success: a GM-Toyota joint manufacturing plant in Fremont, California. GM closed that plant in 2010; it’s now owned by Tesla Inc., which is also not unionized.”

Subject: Re: This Just in: Owen Bieber Gone

Written By: nally on 02/19/20 at 5:48 pm

Ohh. At first I misread the title and though that it said Justin. :o

This guy wasn't related to Justin, was he?

Subject: Re: This Just in: Owen Bieber Gone

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/19/20 at 6:05 pm


Ohh. At first I misread the title and though that it said Justin. :o

This guy wasn't related to Justin, was he?


I don’t know if they are related or not. Owen was famous before the singer was even born.

Subject: Re: This Just in: Owen Bieber Gone

Written By: nally on 02/19/20 at 6:21 pm


I don’t know if they are related or not. Owen was famous before the singer was even born.

That would make sense, given that Justin is almost 26 now. Which would have made Owen 64 at the time of JB's birth.

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