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Bravo to Herbert V. Kohler and his stand against Reuther and his U.A.W. They've got completely out of hand; most of our internal problems, including recessions, are directly traceable to the bad aspects of unionism...
...city's failure to hold on to the auto industry or attract replacements, many Detroit businessmen blame United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther and his close ally, Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams. Reuther, the arguments run, discourages industry by pushing labor costs higher and higher, and Democrat Williams discourages it by committing himself to Big Labor and the ever higher taxes of the welfare state. Says outspoken Harvey Campbell, vice president of the powerful Detroit Board of Commerce: "Businessmen won't talk about it in public. They are afraid of reprisal. They stand behind me and cheer...
...told. Reuther's proposals would boost autoworkers' wages and benefits by 35? to 45? an hour (not counting the bonus), almost twice as much as the 21? package the union won in 1955. Said Reuther: "It's the biggest package ever...
...Dead Serious." G.M. countered by calling for a continuation of the present contract, which would provide a flat 6% yearly wage boost, no additional benefits and no profit-sharing. Automakers speculated that Reuther himself has little hope of winning a profit-sharing agreement, is only using it as leverage in the main fight for a hefty wage raise, despite all his "dead serious" talk of finding "a way by which wage earners can achieve their equity, their measure of social and economic justice." Reuther may even have trouble gaining much of a pay boost. With skidding sales, the industry...
...Strike or Not? At week's end the G.M. talks were recessed for a fortnight, and Reuther got ready to make his demands on Ford and Chrysler. The hard bargaining will come when the current contracts near their expiration dates between the end of May and early June. And though union and management are poles apart, everyone hopes a strike can be averted. At most, the U.A.W. may walk out on one automaker, most likely Ford. A strike against G.M.. the biggest employer, might well flatten the U.A.W.'s $50 million strike chest, while a strike against...