Charles E. Wilson
Charles E. Wilson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth18 November 1886
CountryUnited States of America
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Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labour.
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The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and operates to the advantage of all concerned.
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Furthermore, there is no good ethical or economic reason for asking workmen and current producers to forego all economic gain in order to increase the purchasing power of all the wealth accumulated in past years.
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That it is logical, fair and reasonable to maintain the purchasing power of an hour's work in terms of goods and services the employee must purchase in his daily living.
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If workmen are denied any increase in real wages and they can look forward only to a better standard of living through reduction of prices, progress for them is terribly slow, and they become impatient and dissatisfied.
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For more than 150 years free men in our countries have had the opportunities to educate themselves, choose their own religions, select their own occupations, accumulate capital and invent better ways of doing things.
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No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments.
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Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can reduce them without of the consent of the union.
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The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them.
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Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs.
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Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth.
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That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization.
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People in, say, Georgia aren't sitting on the front porches singing anymore. They're inside in the air-conditioning, watching cable like everybody else.
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It is futile to talk too much about the past . . . like trying to make birth control retroactive.