The UAW labor contracts were supposed to end at midnight tonight.  Reports coming out of the Associated Press (AP) say General Motor's has been selected as the lead in the negotiations.    

Now most of you on this list have been through these negotiations many times before (some have even been involved in them.)    

But for the money managers.  I just wanted to explain that the union picks one automaker (usually the one they think they can get the best deal from) to bargain with first.   Once agreed upon, it sets a "pattern" contract for the rest of the negotiations.  Wikipedia indicates this approach began in the 1960s and helped the UAW get new benefits like fully paid hospitalization and sick leave benefits. ...

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