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Autoworkers rally in support of bailout: “Anxious autoworkers gathered outside the San Francisco office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Saturday and urged quick passage of a federal bridge loan plan for the auto industry that will help stave off potential job losses.

About 100 demonstrators turned out, mostly from the United Auto Workers Local 2244, who work at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. factory in Fremont. The Nummi plant produces cars for both General Motors and Toyota. Shouting "Dianne Feinstein, save our jobs," the marchers called for Congress to quickly pass the proposed bridge loan worth about $15 billion, enough to keep the companies afloat until March. "The big thing is we're here to protect jobs," said Victor Quesada, international representative for UAW Region 5, which represents about 5,000 workers at the Nummi plant. "It would be devastating if we don't get the loan. These are American workers. It'd be a shame to lose such a big group of workers."”