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Both sides have an interest in settling this. Nobody wants a strike.

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Labor is in some pretty tough rapids right now.

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Historically, GM has been the most tone-deaf of the auto companies when it comes to labor issues. But York is speaking plainly and directly about critical issues between GM and the UAW.

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When you have a defined contribution, it puts more of the risk onto the recipient, ... If insurance costs go up, that means that your coverage is affected.

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He's taken a windy day and turned it into a hurricane. Labor is influential in Sacramento. On certain bills and issues, they are very influential. But they are one of many groups that can dominate.

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They're getting their message across before bargaining begins in earnest. Showing a lot of visibility and political clout means bargaining will be influenced by not just what happens at the table but what happens in the community.

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Whatever the final language, it will be the benchmark of how other negotiations are judged. Since the auto workers won pensions in '48, a lot of things Detroit has done, for good or for bad, has set a pattern. This will be the case, even if the rhetoric of lifetime jobs guarantees outstrip the language.

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It's certainly representative of the discontent that's out there. The retirees are frustrated, but I don't think it represents a major threat yet.

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These are very important findings that come at a critical moment in the immigration debate. What the study indicates is that if we view the contribution of immigrants to the total economy there may be important gains to all workers that have previously been ignored.

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The union has very painful choices, but it's managed to preserve important principles in a very turbulent environment. At the end of the day, UAW retirees will still have paid health benefits. Less than before but far more than most Americans have.

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This could be the biggest buyout in memory and a turning point in the history of the industry.

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Others aren't so sanguine. How do U.S. firms compete in the global economy ... If the only way to compete is with 10 wages, we have a problem that is much larger than just Delphi. We're looking at a society where people exit rather than enter the middle class.

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Many companies are looking to roll back benefits, and benefits for retirees are at the top of the list. This decision says that while they may be first on the list, they may not be easy to cut.

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This contract could be a watershed event within the telecommunications industry because a major union has used its existing leverage to break into a new area. This isn't simply any company. It's the largest telecommunications employer. On one level it's potentially a watershed event because the union could gain a toehold in the most promising area of telecommunications.

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It's going to have significant impact on the companies and on the industry. It is a painful option for the union but it is the best option of those available.

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This was difficult for the union to do, but the union is being pragmatic. Its goal is to preserve jobs. It realizes the severity of the situation that GM is in.

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The union was caught in a global hurricane, and they managed to come out of it with minimal structural damage. They preserved key principles they gave up some money.

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Caterpillar is a powerful symbol of this process. It dominates its field. It is one of America's largest exporters, and it is very profitable. If there ever was a company that could bring back the social contract of the mid-20th century, it is Caterpillar. But it chooses not to.

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Delphi has essentially said 'We need competitive wages.' Those wages currently are being set in China, not Flint, (Michigan).

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Everyone on the picket line who thought they could be out of a job for good will be out of a job for good.

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What's new about the global economy is First World productivity combined with Third World wages. That can create some real downward pressure on high-wage countries.

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Losing 30,000 jobs, closing 14 plants, has enormous consequences not just for the union, but for the future of their members. It is a major blow.

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The hotels are confronting a union that has significantly more leverage and more imagination than in the past. The union is slowly but surely introducing national bargaining in an industry in which the companies used to tower over the local unions.

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I suspect they felt that taking a very hard line would send a message to the union. Instead the message that they sent was to dig in your heels.

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The rhetoric is much different this time - this time they're really out to get each other.

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