Canadian GM Strike Tests UAW Ties Across Borders
Bob White the Canadian director of the United Auto Workers leads the 36,600 Canadian GM strike. Negotiations hinge on wage levels and job security versus U.S. deals, with nationalism and lower Canadian costs cited as factors. A prolonged walkout risks souring U.S.–Canada UAW ties and raises U.S. job-loss fears.
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United Auto Workers
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Northwestern University
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Leadership styles and how to lead tough yet caring
The piece explains Blake and Mouton five leadership styles along two axes: task focus and people focus. It highlights high task low people as demanding yet impersonal, low task high people as supportive but unchallenging, and the ideal high task high people as demanding with care. It argues best results come from being both demanding and caring.
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Mark Wilson
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Ohio feels Canadian strike as 2000 more GM workers idle
The Canadian strike spreads into Ohio, with GM reporting about 2,700 new layoffs and total Ohio job losses nearing 5,000 by weekend. Lordstown van plant suspends 2,200 workers, Inland Division furloughs rise, Moraine plant halves shifts, and Mansfield and Moraine sites report partial operations paused amid a wage package similar to U.S. deals.
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General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Canada
Jerry Robbins
Dayton
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Capital spending set to rise 11.4 percent in 1985
Rinfret Associates projects U.S. industry capital outlays to reach 385 billion dollars in 1985, up from 346 billion in 1984, with durable goods makers leading the surge at a 36.4 percent gain, the strongest rise in 29 years. High capacity use and profits fuel investment amid lower interest rates.
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Rinfret Associates Inc
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