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...strike was as ill-timed and startling as a sneeze on a high wire-but, incredibly, there it was. Just when it seemed that the nation would be able to avoid trouble in the vital auto industry this year, and thus avoid possible upset to the advancing economy, Walter Reuther and the United Auto Workers hit the bricks against giant General Motors, whose daily operations affect the jobs and lives of countless Americans. And for what...
...already agreed to the same terms that had been the basis of the union's settlement with Chrysler and Ford, and not a single economic issue remained in dispute. Walter Reuther took out 263,284 workers and closed down 89 G.M. plants across the U.S. because of a handful of work rules-and his own need to play internal union politics...
...union at General Motors has been spoiling for a fight for months. In March, a group of local union presidents from G.M. plants staged a brief uprising against Reuther at the United Auto Workers' convention in Atlantic City, demanded and won a tough approach toward G.M. in this year's bargaining. When auto negotiations began in earnest, Reuther reserved his sharpest barbs for G.M., calling it a "huge, dehumanized production machine." When Reuther picked Chrysler as his first strike target, union members from G.M. accused him of selling them out because of his fear...
This week Reuther will turn his full attention to General Motors, attempt to obtain similar economic concessions from the biggest and richest of the Big Three. Although there are troublesome "noneconomic" issues involving production standards and working conditions to be resolved with G.M., Reuther seems well on his way toward a perfect season. Would the U.A.W. seek even more from G.M.? Promised Reuther...
...Walter Reuther informs Rauh of the new administration proposal--the plan eventually approved by the convention. The traditional party will be seated after signing a loyalty oath; 1968 convention rules will prohibit segregation in Democratic Party affairs; Edwin King and Aaron Henry will be seated as delegates at large with a vote apiece. Humphrey confers with Henry and King. Moses asks for time to discuss the compromise with the delegation. His request is refused...