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Eaton, 53, Trotman, 60, and Smith, 55, each spent his entire career within the auto industry. Still, they were unconventional choices for its top jobs. None of them fitted the mold of the clubby headquarters men who filled the executive suites before them. Detroit's three new CEOs have begun to introduce a similar management style into their very different corporate domains. Modesty, humor (especially of the self-deflating variety), open discussion, candor and team play are all in. Pomp, protocol, pretension and paperwork are distinctly...
...industrial relations at the University of Wisconsin, cites recent polls showing that up to 40% of nonunion workers say union representation would improve their lot. "It's not a majority, certainly, but it still represents millions of workers," Voos says. Dawn Kowalski, a machine operator at a Pilot Industries auto-parts plant in Dexter, Michigan, is one of them. Hoping to win higher wages and better conditions, she plans to vote to join the United Auto Workers at an in-plant election this week. Like many other parts suppliers, Pilot has never had a union. "We're standing...
...Everything is more efficient," Holland said. "The customer saves money, the driver makes out and conserves fueland reduces auto emissions...
...Lawrence is such an animated performer, he is nearly a cartoon -- sunny, outgoing, impossible to dislike no matter how nasty he is being. During a typical show, he'll also play any number of wild supporting characters, as broadly drawn as a third-grader's art-class project. An auto mechanic who won't stop singing soul songs. A runny-nosed child with an MIA mother. An extension-wearing, finger-snapping round-the-way girl from across the hall. Martin is a post- Cosby Show farce, a show for the I-am-not-a-role-model Age of Charles Barkley...
...even a novice auto mechanic should realize that while a spark plug is necessary for a car to run, it is not sufficient: All the parts must work together, or in parallel...