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News Articles
Hightower Lowdown - Employee Free Choice Act
(a great explanation of the act)
Since Reagan, unions have been squeezed out of the
workplace
Time for real workplace democracy-- not the phony company
version
Last October, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus blew a gasket,
spewing outrage in all directions. "This is the demise of
civilization," he exploded. "This is how a civilization
disappears. I'm watching this happen and I don't believe it!"
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As Detroit Is Remade, the U.A.W. Stands to Gain
DealBook - A Financial News Service of The New York Times
April 30, 2009
In the devastating slump that has forced two of Detroit’s automakers to the brink of bankruptcy, the United Automobile Workers union stands to become one of the industry’s few winners.
According to restructuring plans proposed this week, the union will have more than half the stock in Chrysler and a third of General Motors, meaning it will have tremendous influence, with the government, in determining the future of the companies, The New York Times’s Micheline Maynard and Nick Bunkley reported.
The United Automobile Workers union said Wednesday that its members ratified a cost-cutting deal with Chrysler by a 4-to-1 margin.
“Our members have responded by accepting an agreement that is painful for our active and retired workers, but which helps preserve U.S. manufacturing jobs and gives Chrysler a chance to survive,” Ron Gettelfinger, the union’s president, said in a statement.
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