Harley Shaiken
Harley Shaiken
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Historically, GM has been the most tone-deaf of the auto companies when it comes to labor issues. But York is speaking plainly and directly about critical issues between GM and the UAW.
rhetoric time
The rhetoric is much different this time - this time they're really out to get each other.
exit looking middle roads
I think what we are looking at here are exit roads from the middle class.
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Labor is in some pretty tough rapids right now.
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I suspect they don't want to strike, but they could be pushed into a corner, and if that's the case they have considerable leverage,
currently wages
Delphi has essentially said: 'We need competitive wages.' Those wages currently are being set in China, not Flint, (Michigan).
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They have a very determined strategy and they are plunking a lot of resources into this. Northwest is not going to blink at this point.
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It's unclear if it's a route to a better job or to a more educated unemployment.
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It's another sign of the tension that is enflaming this strike. GM is just pushing the UAW here, tweaking them.
gm pushing sign tension
It's another sign of the tension that is enflaming this strike, ... GM is just pushing the UAW here, tweaking them.
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You've got the pressures of the global economy, fierce competition in deregulated industries like airlines and powerful anti-union employers like Wal-Mart.
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The CAW, given the context, has done very well. The boat is afloat and upright after going through the rapids. They wanted to protect their members.
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Miller has clearly chosen bankruptcy over collective bargaining to restructure the company. Delphi is using a bankruptcy judge to begin moving in the direction of Chinese wages and benefits.
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The global economy has become a blast furnace that seeks to eliminate many of the gains that steelworkers have won over the years.