Harley Shaiken
Harley Shaiken
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I think this case is, in fact, a watershed. I think what it does is -- in the most dramatic way we've seen to date -- it introduces the wages of the global economy into Main Street in Michigan, Ohio and elsewhere,
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What we're looking at in Seattle is a debate over the rules of the game and how the environment and labor will be treated -- whether they will be debated elsewhere or whether they will become part of the core discussions about trade.
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What's new about the global economy is First World productivity combined with Third World wages. That can create some real downward pressure on high-wage countries.
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Steve Miller has gone from a provocative after-dinner speaker to a negotiator. It's definitely a U-turn.
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Labor is in some pretty tough rapids right now.
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I think what we are looking at here are exit roads from the middle class.
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It's going to have significant impact on the companies and on the industry. It is a painful option for the union but it is the best option of those available.
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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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They've got tough issues, but nobody wants to put the moneymaking on hold to sort it out.
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The CAW, given the context, has done very well. The boat is afloat and upright after going through the rapids. They wanted to protect their members.
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Economic growth in the United States in the 20th century was based on building entrances to the middle class, from Henry Ford in 1913 to strong unions in the '50s and '60s.
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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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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 next step will be the permanent replacement of mechanics and cleaners. That is what Northwest will announce sooner rather than later.