Word: chrysler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chrysler will always be a boom-or-bust company...
...auto plants has declined from 41 to 37; more than one-third of the strikers are under 25. The youngsters insist on big gains-now. A common refrain among union leaders is voiced by Leonard Paula, who represents 4,700 white-collar workers in U.A.W. Local 112 at Chrysler: "I try to tell the young guys that they have to wait for some things, but they come up with their beards and mop heads and say, 'Hey, mother, you're ancient.' They do not even listen...
...successful resistance, discouraging future strikes. On the other hand, a large wage gain would give other unions a new goal to shoot at, and would doubtless be followed by another increase in the price of cars and trucks. Last week Ford, which is still producing cars, as are Chrysler and American Motors, raised prices on its 1971 autos by 4.8%, the biggest increase in 14 years. Ford executives hinted that there might be even higher raises after a new labor contract is signed. Yet the auto industry cannot pass all of its increasing labor costs on to consumers. Detroit...
...jobs that are free of much of the tough labor. Al Powarowski, 32, has advanced from loading boxcars for Ford to driving completed autos off the assembly line, at $3.72 an hour. Like many Ford workers, he believes that the company is more understanding than G.M. or Chrysler. But Powarowski feels insecure because of the unsteadiness of the work. He has spent 14 months of his seven years at Ford waiting out eight separate layoffs; the first, lasting one week, started on the 89th day of his 90-day probationary period as a new employee. "In the years when...
...union has not yet announced its strike target, but many of Ford's work ers, who struck for 66 clays in 1967, have let union leaders know that this year they consider it the turn of G.M., which has not had a major national strike since 1945. Many Chrysler workers have put "Strike G.M." bumper stickers on their cars, and most Detroiters expect that G.M. will indeed be the target...