By Doug Cunningham

As autoworkers, already hit hard by plant closings, prepare for new contract negotiations with the U.S. automakers it’s clear that GM and Ford will be looking for more concessions and givebacks. Neither the auto executives nor the UAW leadership is talking publicly about exactly what the concessions are likely to be. One likely target of the auto companies are retiree health benefits, even though the UAW already agreed in 2006 to cut retiree health benefits.