[lbo-talk] GM-UAW agreement

[Lenin's Tomb]

On 9/26/07, Doug Henwood <DHENWOOD at panix.com> wrote:
>
> General Motors and the United Auto Workers said they reached a
> tentative agreement on a new national contract for about 74,000 U.S.
> auto workers, which includes a historic restructuring of GM's
> obligations for UAW retiree health care.

The more I read about this, the more unattractive the deal looks.  VEBA
going ahead, wage-reduction programme, no commitment on job security so far
as I can see... it looks as if the union leadership led workers out for a
short strike for leverage to obtain some fairly marginal gains.