Harley Shaiken
Harley Shaiken
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If GM actually did pursue this route?there would be a really poisoned atmosphere in the United Auto Workers plants where the parts are shipped.
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They are reaching out and offering the workers a service, but they are also laying out the possibility of workers beginning to work together. So as an individual, you don't have to confront the largest employer in the world. You can do it as a group.
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These are very important findings that come at a critical moment in the immigration debate. What the study indicates is that if we view the contribution of immigrants to the total economy there may be important gains to all workers that have previously been ignored.
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The notion of a buyout as large as 20,000 workers would go a long way toward settling the Delphi situation.
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The members are angry and fearful. Imagine you work a lifetime, and then you see it go up in smoke.
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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.
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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.
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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.