McAlinden says GM might not survive without deeper concessions, and UAW President Ronald Gettelfinger understands the risk.
But as Ron has just said, obviously this is something that the UAW is negotiating.
This would still leave UAW members making 40% more than the average American manufacturing worker.
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We did not ask any UAW member to take a cut in their pay.
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But Roland Zullo says that doesn't mean the UAW doesn't have an influence there.
And the UAW will no doubt want to preserve "pattern" contracts at GM, Ford and Chrysler.
But I got to tell you, the UAW and Ford have been such great partners.
The U.S. auto industry and the UAW union have begun negotiating their new collective bargaining agreements.
Is a cooperative relationship between UAW and the final two U.S. manufacturers going to develop?
So, Micheline, what does it mean to be fired or laid off under the UAW contract?
He could care less about the embattled middle-class UAW workers earning more than a hundred grand.
Larry Solomon ran the UAW local in Decatur, Illinois, when the Caterpillar VEBA was established.
We had nothing to do with scheduling when the UAW was going to hold its conference.
The UAW, he reminded them, was born in hard times and built through struggle.
In the U.S., 2, 000 white-collar jobs would be cut, along with 9, 000 UAW jobs.
The UAW, Obama campaign and Romney campaign declined to officially comment for this story.
The government became the majority shareholder in the latter and the UAW in the former.
Mr. JOHN HUBER (President, UAW Local 1097): There never has been a time like this.
If Delphi demands too much, they may force the UAW to go on strike.
"The UAW will go all-out to help Al Gore win this election, " he said.
The UAW had previously insisted that it had already done enough to help the car companies.
If time is up for the old Detroit that includes the once-mighty UAW too.
Its future seems to be rosy as a result of the new UAW contract.
To do so profitably, the carmaker struck a breakthrough deal with the UAW during its bankruptcy reorganization.
As always, the UAW gets to pick which of the Big Three it will negotiate with first.
In the Chrysler case, junior creditors (the UAW) were granted priority over the senior creditors (the bondholders).
For hundreds of thousands of UAW retirees, their future health care benefits were also on the line.
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The healthy wages served to make its workers happy and keep UAW organizers away from its doors.
The UAW recognizes that global competition and high labor costs are putting enormous pressure on US automakers.
The UAW, a powerful industrial union, has endorsed the Democratic candidate over the Republican candidate for decades.
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