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To: 3bar who wrote (108480)	2/18/2010 8:13:13 PM
From: ggersh	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Southwest Airlines, no union but not a soul has been let go.

To: 3bar who wrote (108480)	2/18/2010 8:28:12 PM
From: axial	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

"no one has come up with an example where union and management are working together for the common good." Horsefeathers. Start with Boeing and Ford. Start with the many public-sector unions that have already made concessions. Try railways and airlines. Transit. Shipping. Construction. ... and we haven't even scratched the surface. You have got to be joking. Jim

To: 3bar who wrote (108480)	2/18/2010 8:41:57 PM
From: mishedlo	3 Recommendations Respond to of 116555

Fed Raises Discount Rate, Dollar Soars, Equity Futures Sink, What's It Really Mean? globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com The Fed has been talking about its "exit strategy" for quite some time. Few believed he would pull the trigger on anything soon. Yet, Bernanke, unexpectedly raised the discount rate headed into options expiration. ... Mish

To: 3bar who wrote (108480)	2/18/2010 9:06:01 PM
From: John Metcalf	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

"no one has come up with an example where union and management are working together for the common good" Trig has already mentioned Ford. This video (detnews.com), posted on this board some time ago, shows Ford's most advanced plant. It is in Brazil, because the required cooperation was not available in the US, both between labor and management, and between vendor and purchaser. In Brazil, Ford is supplied by Lear, Arvin-Meritor, Visteon, etc., just as in the U.S. The big difference is that contracts do not preclude the various entities from working together. youtube.com