68 Quotes by Harley Shaiken

The CAW, given the context, has done very well. The boat is afloat and upright after going through the rapids. They wanted to protect their members.

If you cut wages by two-thirds, that creates a class of people that can't afford to go to Wal-Marts. If other industries do this, America will have a far smaller middle class, and the whole economy in the 21st Century begins to unravel.

He's taken a windy day and turned it into a hurricane. Labor is influential in Sacramento. On certain bills and issues, they are very influential. But they are one of many groups that can dominate.

If GM actually did pursue this route?there would be a really poisoned atmosphere in the United Auto Workers plants where the parts are shipped.

Health benefits have been at the top of the list for what unions have sought to hang on to. This reflects how serious union leaders feel this is.

You could have the paradox of lifetime job guarantees and far fewer workers.

The union has very painful choices, but it's managed to preserve important principles in a very turbulent environment. At the end of the day, UAW retirees will still have paid health benefits. Less than before but far more than most Americans have.

The hotels are confronting a union that has significantly more leverage and more imagination than in the past. The union is slowly but surely introducing national bargaining in an industry in which the companies used to tower over the local unions.

A lot will depend on who's the first company up. You may almost have an insipid auction taking place among the companies trying to be first.