[mmichaels1970]

ok...I get it.

NY Times

Over the weekend, about 80 percent of the 8,700 strikers voted to reject Caterpillar's last offer. But their union, the United Automobile Workers, still a rich and muscular giant within the depleted American labor movement, ordered them back. The union had spent $30 million, all for naught, defending them. Caterpillar never flinched. Today, the company said it would take the workers back in its own good time. A Caterpillar vice president, Wayne Zimmerman, said in a statement that management had requested a meeting with union leaders "to determine whether their offer to return to work is being made in good faith." In view of changes in operations during the strike, Mr. Zimmerman said, "an immediate return to prestrike staffing of nearly a year and a half ago is simply not practical."

[hillarynot]

Many of the terms GM and Chrysler are now agreeing to were implemented back in the 90’s by Caterpillar. Caterpiallar took the stance in the 90’s they were no longer to pattern bargain. Nearly 20 years later Cat is extremely profitable and not being held hostage by the Union.

To continue to captitulate to the Union only delays the inevitable and ultimately ruins the viability of the company and the local and Regional economy.

That’s where Michigan is today.

[hillarynot]

Many of the terms GM and Chrysler are now agreeing to were implemented back in the 90’s by Caterpillar. Caterpillar took the stance in the 90’s they were no longer to pattern bargain. Nearly 20 years later Cat is extremely profitable and not being held hostage by the Union.

To continue to captitulate to the Union only delays the inevitable and ultimately ruins the viability of the company and the local and Regional economy.

That’s where Michigan is today.