Does GM's CEO, Mary Barra, Have The JUICE To End The Mexican Standoff With The UAW?

Does GM's CEO, Mary Barra, Have The JUICE To End The Mexican Standoff With The UAW?
General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra met with senior United Auto Workers officials to discuss the No. 1 U.S. automaker’s most recent proposal to end a more than three-week-old strike that has cost it over $1 billion, a union spokesman said on Thursday.

Barra met with UAW President Gary Jones and senior union negotiator Terry Dittes on Wednesday at a time when GM had not yet received a formal response to a new offer made on Monday morning, sources briefed on the matter said.

GM declined to comment on the meeting, but said progress was being made in the talks.

“There was no secret meeting. There was a meeting (between Barra and Jones and Dittes) and we continue to meet at all levels,” UAW spokesman Brian Rothenberg said...
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GeorgeDGeorgeD - 10/10/2019 6:44:31 PM
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Yes she does. Step down from her position.


jeffgalljeffgall - 10/10/2019 7:03:22 PM
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This new philosophy of fluffy, I’m all about culture, executives is not going to bode well for companies that buy into it. The cunning, take charge leaders will take advantage of them and win.


malba2367malba2367 - 10/10/2019 7:20:03 PM
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GM will cave eventually...right now they are getting a labor free shutdown to reduce bloated inventories.


MDarringerMDarringer - 10/10/2019 7:54:59 PM
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All she has to do is wait. It's that simple.


xjug1987axjug1987a - 10/10/2019 8:15:30 PM
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Bulls eye... GM can wait longer than the UAW....


CANADIANCOMMENTSCANADIANCOMMENTS - 10/10/2019 8:24:18 PM
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With the UAW down to 50,000 members they need to see the writing on the wall. More plants will be closed. There will be fewer vehicles built in the USA. Time to find another line of work. HVAC, electrical, plumber etc.


OneOfOneOneOfOne - 10/11/2019 9:34:31 AM
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just wait. the democrats will inject themselves into this and blow it up for both and themselves


Agent00RAgent00R - 10/11/2019 11:57:16 AM
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Tick tock. Tick tock.


dumpstydumpsty - 10/11/2019 2:56:06 PM
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The contract dispute b/t GM & UAW most likely includes some 3rd-party negotiator. If you think she's making final decisions on her own, you should probably read-up on corporate organizational structure. GM isn't some warehouse level car shop.

And the CEO isn't the end-all decision-makers within their corporate structure anyway. GM's BoD Chairman is the person who accepts/denies this type of corporate deal. I'm confident in Barra, but intimately she takes guidance from the GM Chairman.

Saying the GM CEO is specifically responsible for this or any other corporate decision is plain silliness.
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