Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...merged company will definitely not save money on labor, on either side of the Atlantic--a point that was well received by workers. "We think it's good for Chrysler and our union," said United Auto Workers president Stephen P. Yokich, who represents more than 64,000 blue-collar and 7,000 salaried Chrysler personnel. "But we'll take a good look at it. Our job is to protect the interests of our members...
...Since labor costs are higher in Germany, logic suggests the pressure will be felt there in the long run. On the other hand, the company will follow the German mandate that half the 24-member supervisory board (a group separate from the board of directors) must come from labor, the remaining 12 from the combined management. That requirement could help build new alliances among unions in Canada, Germany and other parts of the world. "This means now there is a whole different environment at Chrysler," said Buzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers. Ultimately it will...
...manner," he writes, "I might make fewer enemies... " His narrative provides a compelling account of a life-and-death negotiation--the personal dynamics, the theatrical gestures, the unexpected snags and exasperating misunderstandings, the leaks, the need to empathize with the very real concerns of the protagonists, and the grinding labor of keeping the talks on track...
...lost, but maybe only in the short term. He sharpened his grievance to a very fine point. It's now aimed straight at organized labor--and not incidentally, the Democratic Party--in every part of the country. With two other conservative activists, he drew up Proposition 226, a ballot initiative that California voters will decide on June 2. It would require unions to get annual written permission from each member before using any part of membership dues for political purposes...
...running for 2000. A high-profile role on 226 won't do him any harm with party conservatives. He's pushing hard, lobbying conservative donors in Washington and Republican Governors around the country. Chuck Mack, president of the Teamsters Local 70, calls 226 "the most serious attack on labor since they tried to turn California into a right-to-work state in 1958." The unions won that one, but at that time 40% of the state's work force was unionized. Now it's just 16%, and polls show that many union members are backing 226, at least...