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...avowed environmentalist, he tried unsuccessfully to turn Ford into a green car leader and was forced to backtrack as the company's finances fizzled. In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW. In an interview last winter with TIME, he acknowledged that he found the CEO's role confining at times. And it has been clear for some time that he wanted out. In a press conference a year ago, he obliquely acknowledged that he had held discussions about a possible...
...sweeping cuts in production also have sparked speculation that Ford, like GM, will offer buyouts and or early retirements to virtually all of its blue-collar workers, providing the United Auto Workers agrees, in a bid to dramatically reduce costs. Paul Krell, a spokesman for the UAW, declined to comment but privately a number of union officials acknowledge that a GM-style deal is in the works...
...buyouts have been the chief topic of conversation in GM plants for the past couple of weeks. "I expect about 60% of the people are going to take it," says John Weizman, union member from UAW Local 653 in Pontiac. "I know I'm thinking about it," adds Weizman, who first signed on with GM in Dayton, Ohio, more than twenty years ago and has now moved four times as GM has downsized...
...Negotiators from the United Auto Workers seem to believe the most militant UAW members will opt for retirement rather than a confrontation over likely future wage cuts at Delphi, which is also covered under the buyout agreement. The buyouts give the union a little more room for bargaining on future concessions, says McAlinden. With the buyout agreement in place, representatives from the UAW and Delphi Corp. are slated to resume discussions on rewriting the bankrupt company's existing contract with the union. GM representatives also are expected to participate in the talks, suggesting that GM plans to keep a close...
...long there is no agreement on issues beyond the buyout proposal. Delphi chief executive Robert "Steve" Miller is pressing for more concessions and has said he will petition the court next week to set aside the company's existing labor contracts if there is no agreement with the UAW and other unions. Last fall, Miller briefly proposed cutting the wages of Delphi workers by 63%; the union has warned that a strike is possible if the court imposes a settlement on union members...