Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reflecting the industry's skeptical view of G.A.W., Ford Industrial Relations Boss John Bugas said last week: "We'd be very happy if only somebody would come up with a good plan for G.A.P., or guaranteed annual profits...
With new wage negotiations only two months off, the war of nerves is already underway. Wildcat strikes and work stoppages plague the auto industry. A rumor, apparently planted by the union, that both G.M. and Ford would settle for some sort of guaranteed annual wage before negotiations start, was spread by such scattered sources as Columnist Drew Pearson, Gossipist Leonard Lyons and the newsletter of Manhattan's Chemical Corn Exchange Bank. The rumor was vehemently denied by management, and G.M.'s Labor Negotiator Harry Anderson even hustled to Manhattan to straighten out the bank...
...with signs of a return to seasonal buying, they are fearful that the sharp seasonal ups and downs which harassed the auto industry in the prewar period will return. The bargaining will begin in April, though the U.A.W. contract with G.M. does not expire until May 29, with Ford on June 1, with Chrysler Aug. 31. Ford and G.M. are the key targets, and U.A.W. is sure to play off one against the other. While Ford would be under strong pressure to settle any strike before losing too much ground in its race with Chevrolet, G.M. might be under similar...
Automen themselves would like to flatten out the sales curve (last week Ford was sponsoring radio ads urging motorists to buy their new cars now, instead of waiting for warmer weather). But they are not sure that it can be done. Even in recent years of relatively mild ups and downs, 25% more cars have been sold in the second quarter than in the first quarter. Consumers already have an incentive to buy in the winter, with the chance at bigger discounts and trade-ins. And what the union seems to forget is that any greater profit for dealers...
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 10:--In History 150b Assistant Professor Franklin L. Ford shows the course of German history since 1815. Bismarck and Hitler, Kulturkampf and Mein Kampf, will each fall into proper perspective in Longfellow Terrace...