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.
auto father jobs looked passed people plants
People looked at jobs in the auto plants like property, like something that they owned, something that could be passed down from father to sons. That was pretty much making it for a lot of people.
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.
chance feeling industry job taking walked worker
Their feeling is, 'This is my only chance to get a job in this industry again, and I'm taking the job of a worker who miscalculated and walked off the job,'
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.
business costs cutting sell
Cutting costs is not a business plan. You can cut costs but it doesn't sell cars.
almost job property
They almost see their job as a property right.
This is not going anywhere, ... This is not going to be settled.
bad fight gets union
This is probably as bad as it gets for a union leader. He's in a fight with no allies.
labor small
This is a small union, and it doesn't have any allies, because it's kind of a pariah in the labor movement,
decide trying union
It's a union that's been defeated, and they're trying to decide how they're going to be defeated.
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.
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.
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.