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 unclear if it's a route to a better job or to a more educated unemployment.
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Everyone on the picket line who thought they could be out of a job for good will be out of a job for good.
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Whatever the final language, it will be the benchmark of how other negotiations are judged. Since the auto workers won pensions in '48, a lot of things Detroit has done, for good or for bad, has set a pattern. This will be the case, even if the rhetoric of lifetime jobs guarantees outstrip the language.
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You could have the paradox of lifetime job guarantees and far fewer workers.
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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.
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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.
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Caterpillar is a powerful symbol of this process. It dominates its field. It is one of America's largest exporters, and it is very profitable. If there ever was a company that could bring back the social contract of the mid-20th century, it is Caterpillar. But it chooses not to.
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Losing 30,000 jobs, closing 14 plants, has enormous consequences not just for the union, but for the future of their members. It is a major blow.