Word: chrysler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Detroit metropolitan area is an economic dependent of the automobile industry. In fact, Highland Park and Hamtramck, the two small cities that sit in the center of Detroit, have only one industry--Chrysler...
...duration of last week's walkout against the Chrysler Corporation, the baby of the Big Three auto manufacturers, did challenge the record books: It was the shortest in UAW history. In comparison to past UAW actions, the cost of the shut-down to Chrysler was inconsequential...
...strike--the first nation-wide shutdown of Chrysler plants since 1950--ran up a daily cost to the corporation of about 7400 cars and 1100 trucks in lost production for the ten days of picketing. The price was still low, however, compared to the production toll taken by the 1970 strike against G.M., the giant of the Big Three auto companies...
Just as there was little name-calling or vituperation before the strike, the reaction was also mild on both sides after it began. "In the interest of getting this solved, we do not want to indulge in any form of recrimination," said Woodcock. Echoed Chrysler's Chief Negotiator William O'Brien: "We are very disappointed, but we don't feel it's the fault of either party." Until the last moment, company negotiators believed that they could get an agreement in principle before the midnight deadline, even if they could not wrap up every point...
Profitable Year. Chrysler was chosen as the U.A.W.'s "strike target" mostly because its turn had come. Ford was hit in 1967, General Motors three years later. This year, the union reasoned, Chrysler is in a better position than ever to settle a strike on terms favorable to the union. The company is enjoying its most profitable year: second-quarter earnings of $108.6 million surpassed those of the entire first half of 1972. The U.A.W. is also anxious to force Chrysler to modernize some of its obsolescent urban plants, where grim working conditions have caused bitter rank-and-file...