Harley Shaiken
Harley Shaiken
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What GM gets in changes in the jobs bank is likely going to be based on compromises they are willing to make elsewhere. The fact that they are talking about this so early is unusual and shows how important it is.
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This was difficult for the union to do, but the union is being pragmatic. Its goal is to preserve jobs. It realizes the severity of the situation that GM is in.
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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.
gm pushing sign tension
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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Historically, GM has been the most tone-deaf of the auto companies when it comes to labor issues. But York is speaking plainly and directly about critical issues between GM and the UAW.
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GM is sending signals about its priorities. The 2007 negotiations are going to be tough.
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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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The corporation knows the sensitivity of these kinds of issues, they have a lot of experience with what will provoke a local strike. What I suspect they (the GM management) didn't anticipate is that it would reach this intensity.
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The union was caught in a global hurricane, and they managed to come out of it with minimal structural damage. They preserved key principles; they gave up some money.
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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.
rhetoric time
The rhetoric is much different this time - this time they're really out to get each other.
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There's a cushion but it doesn't prevent the fall. It eases the pain but it's not the same as having the stability of a successful company.
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There's no other way to diplomatically frame it - there's an empty chair there.
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Fox and Chavez are both serving important domestic political purposes for each other.