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There is more than one way out of this canyon they are in right now,

What we're looking at in Seattle is a debate over the rules of the game and how the environment and labor will be treated -- whether they will be debated elsewhere or whether they will become part of the core discussions about trade.

I think this case is, in fact, a watershed. I think what it does is -- in the most dramatic way we've seen to date -- it introduces the wages of the global economy into Main Street in Michigan, Ohio and elsewhere,

They're going to try to make an argument that simply cutting wages, slashing benefits, etc., is not the only way to go. Whether the bankruptcy judge buys that remains an open question.

Health benefits have been at the top of the list for what unions have sought to hang on to. This reflects how serious union leaders feel this is.

The pain and surprise may come when Delphi wages are cut and it sets a pattern of pressing down on wages to succeed competitively, ... It reverses the success story of the American economy, which has always been that U.S. firms paid the most.

I suspect they don't want to strike, but they could be pushed into a corner, and if that's the case they have considerable leverage,

The court cases reflect that the rat has made its claw marks felt.

When you have a defined contribution, it puts more of the risk onto the recipient, ... If insurance costs go up, that means that your coverage is affected.

There are so many fewer moral barriers to a bankruptcy of this scale.

He's taken a windy day and turned it into a hurricane. Labor is influential in Sacramento. On certain bills and issues, they are very influential. But they are one of many groups that can dominate.

[Others aren't so sanguine.] How do U.S. firms compete in the global economy? ... If the only way to compete is with $10 wages, we have a problem that is much larger than just Delphi. We're looking at a society where people exit rather than enter the middle class.

This was difficult for the union to do, but the union is being pragmatic. Its goal is to preserve jobs. It realizes the severity of the situation that GM is in.

A lot will depend on who's the first company up. You may almost have an insipid auction taking place among the companies trying to be first.

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