>Same thing can be said by the employer: "give us what we want or we go in lock-out".
>Or in a company without union: "give us what we want or we fire you"

http://www.uaw.org/contracts/07/gm/gm11.php

Make sure you read the section about ‘Protected Status Employee Pay Options’.

Between continuing to design and build a fleet of gas hogs while gas prices spiraled up, up, and away, and being forced to deal with organized crime unions like the UAW, the US auto industry should be allowed to fail completely.

Toss the UAW and management out on the street and start over from the ground up.

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>>Negotiation like this: "give us what we want or we strike."
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>>That's not negotating that is extortion.