Richard Shoemaker
Richard Shoemaker
Richard Shoemaker is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate...
accept offer
Should this happen, the UAW's only alternative would be to accept the offer or strike.
agreement
No one can have a tentative agreement without us being a part of it,
agreement
I've been the one who's been at the table. We don't have a tentative agreement.
additional pressure
it wouldn't put any additional pressure on them.
anyone certainly options stage suggest
It would be presumptuous for anyone at this stage to suggest that is, or is not, what's going to happen. But it certainly is one of the options that is available,
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This situation in Flint is a dramatic example of GM's 'America last' strategy, in which the corporation is attempting to radically downsize its American work force in favor of exploiting less-than-poverty level wages in other countries,
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Strikes are part of the collective bargaining process in normal times, and they certainly end up as a part of this process,
answer hopeful
We're all hopeful we'll find an answer to the issues,
change hope meaningful results time
We hope the company's announcement results in meaningful change in its position, but only time will tell if that is the case.
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If you don't have a spouse that has health insurance or is covered some other way, you need to think long and hard about taking the buyout. You can go through $140,000 with amazing quickness.
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But it's even more presumptuous for (Miller) and others to suggest there will be no strike at Delphi.
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It ought to be a vision of how we make life better for those people that live here, not a vision for dismantling the manufacturing base and taking the quality of life that we've known and enjoyed down to that of a Third World country.
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A contract adhered to by only one side is one that is no contract at all. ... They're also ignoring their social contract with America by transferring jobs to China Thailand and Mexico.
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I think it's unfair to raise people's hopes that there might be a settlement in sight if you don't believe that, and I don't happen to believe that's the case.