Richard Shoemaker is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. (wikipedia)
Should this happen, the UAW's only alternative would be to accept the offer or strike.
We have said consistently that the only basis of finding satisfactory resolution to these matters is through the use of the collective bargaining process with Delphi, GM and the UAW at the bargaining table.
The parties have made progress but there are still significant issues that have to be resolved,
He (Miller) would do well to let the people at GM run General Motors and focus on whatever the hell it is he's supposed to be doing with Delphi,
Whether it be in the trade union movement or the captains of industry, the vision that we have for America ought to be for a better America.
Strikes are part of the collective bargaining process in normal times, and they certainly end up as a part of this process,
I think it's unfortunate that they've decided to look at other options that are available to them, but of course everybody has the right to do those things,
I think it's unfair to raise people's hopes that there might be a settlement in sight if you don't believe that, and I don't happen to believe that's the case.
If you don't have a spouse that has health insurance or is covered some other way, you need to think long and hard about taking the buyout. You can go through $140,000 with amazing quickness.
I'd be shocked if it was done by this weekend.
