Word: unionizers
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...particularly galling to the United Auto Workers (UAW) that, in addition to numerous rounds of layoffs and givebacks dating back two decades, the union is being cast as the enemy in the U.S. auto industry's fight to survive. "Our contracts with Chrysler, Ford and GM represent only 10% of the cost of assembling of a vehicle. But most days, it seems like we get 110% of the attention," said UAW president Ron Gettelfinger in a recent speech. In the wake of GM's most recent quarter, in which the company lost $9.6 billion - $30.9 billion on the year...
...what behavioral economists call the endowment effect, says Lipsky: the UAW values what it fought for - even maligned work rules - much more so than workers who never had the benefits. So they are not going to give up anything without a fight. In mid-February, the union actually stormed out of negotiations with GM over reducing the company's retiree health-care costs, as GM seeks to restructure costs with bondholders, suppliers and, of course, labor...
...Defense for International Security Policy for three years during the Clinton administration. As Assistant Secretary of Defense, he dealt with the possession of weapons of mass destruction in the United States and abroad. In particular, Carter worked toward the removal of nuclear weapons from parts of the former Soviet Union and managed military planning during the U.S.’s response to North Korea’s growing nuclear program in 1994. Carter also oversaw the Department of Defense’s Counterproliferation Initiative and managed the reform of DOD’s national security export controls. His colleagues...
...alien population.” Likewise, the introduction of philosophical skepticism about the external world, which can successfully convince students that all physical objects may very well not exist, is an intelligent touch in the chapter entitled “Some illustrations.” Nevertheless, the union of such disparate topics within the book feels a lot like a labeling game, and McGinn does not provide much detail about the ideas he seems to find so intriguing. We may have to reconsider McGinn’s last-minute assertion that the book itself is not a mindfuck. The author...
...it’s so diverse,” and “Expos rocks.” The students’ protest stemmed from allegations about the HEI’s treatment of workers, and in particular accusations of high worker injury rates, anti-union intimidation, and low wages, according to John F. Bowman ’11, one of the protest’s organizers. Bowman said that Harvard has at least $69.9 million invested in HEI, though the actual investment may be larger. The students launched the protest following a joint meeting with Yale and Brown...