David Cole
David Cole
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What this really says is that major surgery is required. Doing nothing is not an option. It's change or die.
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What their engineering folks are telling (the automakers) is they have a real shot at it.
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What everyone wants, the judge as well as GM and Delphi, what they want is to come to an agreement that is mutually acceptable. That is what's still in the cards.
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More than anything it tells the UAW that their bargaining power is gone. The market is defining wages and benefits of the future and the best they can hope for is to work collaboratively with the companies to survive.
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More than anything it tells the UAW that their bargaining power is gone, ... The market is defining wages and benefits of the future and the best they can hope for is to work collaboratively with the companies to survive.
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Now they're in the serious business of putting together a three-way deal. This is exactly how this thing needs to be settled.
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Neither of these are particularly sensitive to the economics. They have other reasons why they're buying this. There's a question as to how large those groups are, but once you get to more mainstream buying groups, then economics really begins to take over as a primary factor in that decision.
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Obviously, it is an image thing. It is good to be green.
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Rick might have through the end of next year to show the cost savings. If GM is viewed by the media and others as not having a competitive set of new products, that's going to be a big problem.
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Rick has to walk a fine line of doing what needs to be done, but doing it in a positive, collaborative way with the union. Jerry could be very helpful in accelerating some of those changes.
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Since the GM strike last summer, there's been a full-court press on both sides to improve relations. They're not holding hands, but they're getting close.
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The plan will include a great deal of white-collar job cuts. Ford's white-collar employment is similar to GM's, meaning it's disproportionately high.
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