Word: bieber
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...history to top $1 million, receiving $1,058,000. In addition, the company paid 5,807 executives bonuses that averaged $31,289. Those gains are expected to prompt U.A.W. employees at Ford and GM to seek large increases when new contract talks begin in July. Says U.A.W. President Owen Bieber: "If these executives who are providing so well for themselves think for one minute that they can convince workers to do without an up-front raise this summer, they'd better think again...
...decision drew predictable protests from organized labor. "It's outrageous," fumed William Winpisinger, president of the International Association of Machinists. "This was never Congress's intent." U.A.W. President Owen Bieber forecast more strikes and less conciliation. Said he: "It won't make sense for a union to grant adjustments to an ailing employer on Monday, merely to have that revised agreement torn up on Tuesday...
Chrysler's unions now want a share of the company's new prosperity. Said United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber last week: "Iacocca knows full well that it was the Chrysler workers, more than anyone, who made the sacrifices." The company's U.A.W. employees gave up nearly $1 billion in wages and benefits. Chrysler workers currently make $2 less an hour than their counterparts at General Motors and Ford. This week Chrysler and the U.A.W. will begin talks about immediate modifications of the current contract. An agreement could give workers at least a $1-an-hour raise...
Many delegates questioned the selection of Owen Bieber, 53, to succeed Fraser as president. Bieber, a relative unknown, who had been director of the U.A.W. General Motors department, was nominated by the union's international executive board last November. "Bieber's an honest, hardworking, committed person," said one official. "The question is, has he got the qualities to lead the union enthusiastically? When he was in charge at General Motors, his first bargaining session ended up in concessions." Nonetheless, the convention unanimously elected the 6-ft. 5-in. Bieber...
...standing ovations with a fist-pounding speech in which he vowed that there would be no more givebacks. Said he: "We're proud of the gains we've made over the years, because we've earned them." After naming the chairmen of the Big Three automakers, Bieber insisted, "I am deadly serious when I say it's their turn to do some giving...