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To: I_C_Deadpeople who wrote (45949)	11/21/2005 10:31:04 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I have never dealt with unions myself, although I was an OCAW member (Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers) for the first few months of my career. My Dad dealt with an obnoxious union -- the Teamsters in Alaska who were representing Chevron oil workers. He worked with OCAW and got the Teamsters de-certified in an election, replaced with faithful and dependable OCAW. Of course this took a strike by the Teamster employees. Then my Dad had to fly in OCAW workers each for several weeks at a time from Chevron work sites in other locations. They were glad to work for the 55% premium they were paying the Teamsters in Alaska. Finally the remaining Teamster employees gave in and voted in OCAW. GM in particular has long had obnoxious relations with their union. This is very bad management. You either replace them with a better union or put them on the board as they are in Europe. Anything other than constant strife is superior in every way. Toyota and Honda have superior relations with their employees. GM is an extreme example of the worst kind of management. .