Gary Chaison
Gary Chaison
Gary N. Chaisonis an industrial relations scholar and labor historian at Clark University...
ask carefully demands employers major plan realize
I think it may have emboldened some employers to reassess their situation, making them realize if they plan carefully they can withstand a strike, ... And that means, yes, you can ask for major demands from unions.
accept both collective demands initial losing offers parties willing
In collective bargaining, it's important for both parties to get used to losing because they have to make initial demands or offers and then they have to be willing to accept less.
almost job property
They almost see their job as a property right.
business costs cutting sell
Cutting costs is not a business plan. You can cut costs but it doesn't sell cars.
afraid bitter digging establish governor parties prove reputation
It may give the governor a sense he has to prove something establish his reputation to not back down. I am afraid the parties are really digging in. This has become a first-class dispute, a bitter dispute.
decide trying union
It's a union that's been defeated, and they're trying to decide how they're going to be defeated.
acceptable believe directly trying union
They are trying to do an end-run around the union and go directly to the membership, ... They believe that what they're doing is acceptable to the membership, but not to the leadership.
almost care health
What they've done is really almost jump-start reconsideration of health care benefits,
asking workers
Workers have got to be asking themselves, what do we have to do?
bigger question
The question is: Are bigger unions, better unions?
challenge collective reason saw
Traditionalists didn't see any reason for it and saw it as a challenge to real collective bargaining. Over the years there has been a rethinking of this idea.
good lose ruin
They don't want to ruin a good thing, but at the same time, they don't want to lose a good thing.
money order
They're also doing it in order to show if you go on strike, this is money you're going to be losing.
appeal younger
They're doing it to appeal to the younger workers.