He's taken a windy day and turned it into a hurricane. Labor is influential in Sacramento. On certain bills and issues, they are very influential. But they are one of many groups that can dominate.
Health benefits have been at the top of the list for what unions have sought to hang on to. This reflects how serious union leaders feel this is.
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.
I suspect they don't want to strike, but they could be pushed into a corner, and if that's the case they have considerable leverage,
I suspect they felt that taking a very hard line would send a message to the union. Instead the message that they sent was to dig in your heels.
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,
I think what we are looking at here are exit roads from the middle class.
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.
If you cut wages by two-thirds, that creates a class of people that can't afford to go to Wal-Marts. If other industries do this, America will have a far smaller middle class, and the whole economy in the 21st Century begins to unravel.
It certainly has escalated,
It may be
It's another sign of the tension that is enflaming this strike, ... GM is just pushing the UAW here, tweaking them.
It's another sign of the tension that is enflaming this strike. GM is just pushing the UAW here, tweaking them.
It's certainly representative of the discontent that's out there. The retirees are frustrated, but I don't think it represents a major threat yet.
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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