Word: bramblett
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...advantage. The real turning point came not through patient haggling but during a secret meeting between Woodcock and GM Chairman James M. Roche, at which both resolved that the strike must be ended before Christmas. After terms had been accepted by the union leadership, GM Head Negotiator Earl Bramblett - doing what he could to get the rank and file to approve the deal - dutifully implied that it was extremely inflationary...
...union's demand for "30 and out"-voluntary retirement at any age after 30 years of service on a minimum pension of $500 a month. G.M. has 41,000 employees with 25 years or more of service, and, says the company's chief negotiator, Vice President Earl Bramblett, "the possibility of losing such a large number of highly skilled and experienced personnel could be a crippling blow." The company offers instead what might be called "58 and out"-retirement on a $500-a-month pension at 58, with $40 a month deducted for every year a worker...
...respond to the threat of discipline." Every move he makes will be compared with what U.A.W. members think Reuther would have done, and Reuther had a reputation for squeezing out the last possible penny in bargaining. Woodcock's chief bargaining adversary, G.M. Vice President Earl R. Bramblett, also 59, has worked for the company for 41 years but took over the role as principal negotiator only three months...