Word: ephlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...head of GM's European operations in 1982 after a 17-month stint, union delegates at West Germany's Russelsheim plant gave him a ceramic wine pitcher as a symbol of the warm relations he fostered with the rank and file. Detroit's unions appreciate him too. Donald Ephlin, head of the United Auto Workers' GM unit, prizes the president's accessibility. Says Ephlin: "If I have things to bring to his attention, he is very responsive...
...executive vice president at General Motors, has a clear view of the prospect. Says he: "The good news is that North America is the only automotive market in the world where there's a good shot at a profit. The bad news is that everyone knows it." Agrees Donald Ephlin, a vice president of the United Auto Workers: "We are talking about fundamental changes in the world where we live and the market where we compete...
Management claims that its tactics are necessary for survival, but workers call it union busting. Says United Auto Workers Vice President Donald Ephlin...
...U.A.W's General Motors department. Bieber's nomination is subject only to ratification at the U.A.W's convention in May, which is certain. Lobbying among union officers for the nomination began in earnest in September among Bieber, Secretary-Treasurer Raymond Majerus, 58, and Donald Ephlin, 57, also a vice president and the head of the union's Ford department...
Ford, which this week is expected to announce that it lost more than $1 billion in 1981, presented the union on Jan. 15 with a broad plan to reduce wage rates, which U.A.W. Vice President Donald Ephlin immediately described as "intriguing." The company proposed a 31-month freeze on wages and a 15-month halt to cost of living increases. It also asked workers to give up all nine of their personal paid holidays and one of their weeks of vacation time. Employees with more than 20 years of seniority currently are entitled to five weeks of vacation, and those...