68 Quotes by Harley Shaiken

Labor is in some pretty tough rapids right now.

I think what we are looking at here are exit roads from the middle class.

I think this case is, in fact, a watershed. I think what it does is -- in the most dramatic way we've seen to date -- it introduces the wages of the global economy into Main Street in Michigan, Ohio and elsewhere,

Steve Miller has gone from a provocative after-dinner speaker to a negotiator. It's definitely a U-turn.

This really is a wake up call to Wal-Mart that these class action suits in front of a jury can be costly.

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.

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

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.

What GM gets in changes in the jobs bank is likely going to be based on compromises they are willing to make elsewhere. The fact that they are talking about this so early is unusual and shows how important it is.