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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3189)	9/29/2002 10:57:12 PM
From: stomper	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57110

Just wait until UAW doesn't get a "no idle" clause in their next contract next Spring. This zero % stuff will be gone. That's going to be one ugly negotiation. -dave

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3189)	9/30/2002 1:34:15 AM
From: Libbyt	Respond to of 57110

and that wage negotiations are going to be tougher nowadays. I agree...that with the economy where it is right now, and so many people without a job...IMO wage negotiations should be very difficult. This reminds me of the air traffic controllers strike in 1981....and the way it was "resolved". A quick review of that situation: "In August 1981, Ronald Reagan took an uncompromising stand against striking air-traffic controllers who threatened to shut down the nation's airlines. The striking workers complained of growing demands and dangerous levels of stress on the job. Their issues centered on wages, retirement benefits and hours. The president announced the striking workers were in violation of the law, and he fired them, with little apparent remorse. Organized labor was furious while the public had a more mixed reaction. Even those within his own administration had their doubts about the move."