STOP!...Hammer Time...
OK, today's hearing was brought to an abrupt halt (screech!) with news that the sides were getting hot and heavy (pant, pant) at the negotiating table. Here's a late article from the Tribune Comical with some details...
Delphi hearing postponed, Labor talks to continue
By staff and wire reports
NEW YORK - Negotiations between Delphi Corp. and its employee unions intensified amid the postponement of a meeting set for today, although the level of progress is unclear.
''There is bargaining going on today that would not have occurred but for the adjournment of the hearing,'' Delphi lead attorney John W. Butler Jr. said this morning in Lower Manhattan bankruptcy court.
Judge Robert Drain agreed to put off the hearing until Friday following a request from Butler.
Butler, who declined to say whether either side had presented a proposal over a ''long weekend'' of talks, said negotiations were ''focused.''
Drain has stressed the need for negotiations during the lengthy hearing on Delphi's motion to scrap its labor agreements as it tries to reorganize in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America lead attorney Tom Kennedy, said the auto parts maker made proposals just on attrition and retirement areas in which the union has been trying to win offers at least as good, if not better, than one already available to the United Auto Workers.
If the parties reach a decision before Friday, the judge agreed to meet with attorneys in a meeting in his chambers. Kennedy said Friday's hearing could be delayed further if negotiating progress is being made.
The electrical union will discuss attrition and retirement, among other issues, in Troy, Mich., starting Tuesday and continuing at least through Thursday, Kennedy said. Those meetings already had been scheduled.
The UAW is the company's largest union with about 24,000 members. The IUE-CWA has about 8,400.
Henry Reichard, chairman of the IUE-CWA Automotive Conference Board, said the opponents aren't close to an agreement but want time to see if they can hammer out a settlement.
However, IUE-CWA Local 717 Shop Chairman Don Arbogast said the meetings aren't being held to review some new ''earth-shattering development.'' He said the company hasn't made any progress with the IUE-CWA.
''There's been no proposal. We're not reviewing anything,'' he said. ''The ball's in Delphi's court.''
Thursday is the end of the 30 days from the May 9 start of the hearings in which Drain is required to rule. The judge told the lawyers he needs them to state ''on the record'' they agree to a 30-day extension, a timeframe that also could change, IUE-CWA spokeswoman Lauren Asplen said.
lringler@tribune-chronicle.com
Well, it's nice to see that Donny's optimistic about what's going on. That's the spirit...
Dawn
Delphi hearing postponed, Labor talks to continue
By staff and wire reports
NEW YORK - Negotiations between Delphi Corp. and its employee unions intensified amid the postponement of a meeting set for today, although the level of progress is unclear.
''There is bargaining going on today that would not have occurred but for the adjournment of the hearing,'' Delphi lead attorney John W. Butler Jr. said this morning in Lower Manhattan bankruptcy court.
Judge Robert Drain agreed to put off the hearing until Friday following a request from Butler.
Butler, who declined to say whether either side had presented a proposal over a ''long weekend'' of talks, said negotiations were ''focused.''
Drain has stressed the need for negotiations during the lengthy hearing on Delphi's motion to scrap its labor agreements as it tries to reorganize in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America lead attorney Tom Kennedy, said the auto parts maker made proposals just on attrition and retirement areas in which the union has been trying to win offers at least as good, if not better, than one already available to the United Auto Workers.
If the parties reach a decision before Friday, the judge agreed to meet with attorneys in a meeting in his chambers. Kennedy said Friday's hearing could be delayed further if negotiating progress is being made.
The electrical union will discuss attrition and retirement, among other issues, in Troy, Mich., starting Tuesday and continuing at least through Thursday, Kennedy said. Those meetings already had been scheduled.
The UAW is the company's largest union with about 24,000 members. The IUE-CWA has about 8,400.
Henry Reichard, chairman of the IUE-CWA Automotive Conference Board, said the opponents aren't close to an agreement but want time to see if they can hammer out a settlement.
However, IUE-CWA Local 717 Shop Chairman Don Arbogast said the meetings aren't being held to review some new ''earth-shattering development.'' He said the company hasn't made any progress with the IUE-CWA.
''There's been no proposal. We're not reviewing anything,'' he said. ''The ball's in Delphi's court.''
Thursday is the end of the 30 days from the May 9 start of the hearings in which Drain is required to rule. The judge told the lawyers he needs them to state ''on the record'' they agree to a 30-day extension, a timeframe that also could change, IUE-CWA spokeswoman Lauren Asplen said.
lringler@tribune-chronicle.com
Well, it's nice to see that Donny's optimistic about what's going on. That's the spirit...
Dawn
posted by Spencemo @ 8:51 PM
1 Comments:
At 6/05/2006 10:25 PM,
Anonymous said…
Donnie's optimism is sadly reminiscent of our quest for a good cup of java in Plant 15; oh, deliver us from sauteed mud. At least they are showing us what could be misconstrued as optimism - we haven't been fired yet. Let the trusty rumor mill lurch into action with a mighty heave, much as my stomach does when I find myself listening to management drivel.
All we can do is keep on keeping on, my wizened, battle scarred union brothers and sisters. Call them out for what they are, watch them wilt like the fools they are, these rumour propagating self-appointed prophets of workplace armageddon.
Mmmm...Starbucks!
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