| Description |
1 online resource (19 pages) : tables, illustrations |
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Human resource management online (text) |
| Summary |
This case is about the collective bargaining agreement between one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers, General Motors Corporation (GM), and the United Auto Workers in late 2007. The agreement, which a number of experts have termed as 'historic', was the result of a very complex bargaining process. GM, which dominated the US market till 1980, with a market share of 46 percent, saw its market share decline steadily after the entry of Japanese competitors. In addition to issues relating to its products and marketing, GM's fortunes were severely affected with under-funded pension liabilities, rising employee and retiree healthcare costs, and a decreasing market share in the US automobile market. The company's US market share fell to less than 25 percent in 2006. In 2007, GM inked a new labor contract with UAW which, analysts felt, would change the competitive landscape of the US auto industry and go a long way in ensuring GM's survival. Analysts felt that the deal also showed the changing role of the labor union in the 21st century |
| Notes |
Case code: HROB109 |
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Title from resource description page (viewed May 26, 2015) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 17-19) |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
General Motors Corporation -- Case studies
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International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) -- Case studies
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| SUBJECT |
General Motors Corporation. fast (OCoLC)fst00534871 |
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International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) fast (OCoLC)fst00545472 |
| Subject |
Collective bargaining -- Automobile industry -- Case studies
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Collective bargaining -- Automobile industry.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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