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...excellent settlement that makes more secure than ever in history the jobs of our members, while providing much deserved economic improvements immediately and in the years ahead." That bold claim by Owen Bieber, president of the United Auto Workers, at 2:20 last Friday morning, brought to an end three months of intense negotiations between General Motors and its workers. The agreement on a new three-year contract raised hopes that the auto industry, which is now enjoying a boom, will be spared a long and damaging strike...
...Yogi Berra says, 'It's never over 'til it's over,' and that's true of negotiations as well." So said United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber early last Saturday morning, after the midnight deadline had passed for a new contract agreement between the U.A.W. and General Motors. The union had just announced that it was authorizing workers at 13 key GM facilities to go on strike, purportedly because of local grievances, while it continued bargaining for a new labor contract...
...People basically agree--with a few exceptions--that we have to do something to remind the students, and the Faculty too, of the importance of the issue," says Council member Stephen Owen, professor of Chinese literature. The key issues before the Faculty are those of when one person's expression of free speech infringes on another's, and how to discipline offenders. The issue is particularly difficult because "you get into the line between registering disapproval and abridging someone's right to speak freely," says Bok. It is exactly that line which Council members hope Bok will help draw...
...United Auto Workers argues that if quotas are lifted, the Japanese share of the U.S. market will jump from about 22% to 40%. By the union's count, 200,000 American jobs would be lost. Says U.A.W. President Owen Bieber: "Brock apparently wants to punish the workers for the greed of their bosses...
...history to top $1 million, receiving $1,058,000. In addition, the company paid 5,807 executives bonuses that averaged $31,289. Those gains are expected to prompt U.A.W. employees at Ford and GM to seek large increases when new contract talks begin in July. Says U.A.W. President Owen Bieber: "If these executives who are providing so well for themselves think for one minute that they can convince workers to do without an up-front raise this summer, they'd better think again...