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...most estimates, the No.2 U.S. car corporation is burning through more than $1 billion a month. As total American vehicle sales drop as low as ten million this year, Ford's financial situation will get worse, even if it gets concessions from the UAW and suppliers...
...Tuesday, Rickie Doty, president of the UAW Local 974 here, sat in his office and carefully considered the future. Just one day earlier, Caterpillar Inc., his employer of 35 years and one of the world's leading purveyors of construction equipment, announced it would shed some 20,000 jobs - nearly one-fifth of its global workforce. The announcement just made things official: the bulk of that astonishing figure is already off the Peoria company's books, including some 2,500 management-level personnel who accepted buyouts in recent weeks and 8,000 people who worked on contract or through agencies...
...local UAW's January meeting was filled with Caterpillar workers asking the assembled panel of experts for tips on how to retrain themselves for new jobs. At next month's meeting, Doty says, "we'll probably have those people back to address those same questions." Few here have clear plans on how to recover. Folks who years ago dropped out of college to take jobs at Caterpillar - jobs they assumed would take them into retirement - are strongly considering returning to get their degrees. Doty offers this advice to union members who have been ordered to take one- or two-week...
...Detroit may still collapse. This will be determined by the federal government. The government can keep the industry on life support even if GM (GM) and Chrysler do not get cooperation from the UAW and creditors. If the two firms are thrown into bankruptcy, the number of people then out of work would conservatively be measured in hundreds of thousands. (See pictures of Detroit...
...same time, southern workers have taught the UAW an important lesson about helping to keep that industry viable. The foreign companies enjoy not only the South's lower legacy costs but a more flexible production culture. Unlike the Big Three, the southern car plants are far more agile when it comes to accommodating shifting market demand; and that's due largely to employees' willingness to exact fewer of the production rules UAW contracts are notorious...