A peek behind the scenes: The night GM CEO Mary Barra signed the UAW tentative agreem

[313WX]

...Fain may have been effective but lots of jerks are...

Now granted, Shawn refusing to do the hand shake at the onset was certainly in poor taste. But Mary's looking real petty with her tit-for-tat right now [[instead of just being the bigger person).

At the end of the day, it's a business relationship and sometimes negotiations become contentious in business. Yes, GM may very well pay their wages, but GM needs the workers just as much if they expect to build cars & supply parts for customers to repair their vehicles. The CEO of a F100 company and someone who's been in the corporate world for over 30 years knows this good & well too.

Lord knows Mary wouldn't have given the UAW what they wanted had they played nicely.

[401don]

At the rnd of thr dsy it's a business transaction and sometimes negotiations become contentious in business. The CEO of a F100 company and someone who'sbeen in the corporsteworld for over 30 years knows this good & well too.

Lord knows Mary wouldn't have given the UAW what they wanted had they played nicely.

Which means he should have broke tradition and refused to shake hands prior to negotiations but then expected her to afterward?

[313WX]

Which means he should have broke tradition and refused to shake hands prior to negotiations but then expected her to afterward?

I edited my original comment while you responded to address exactly what you said.

"Now granted, Shawn refusing to do the hand shake at the onset was certainly in poor taste. But Mary's looking real petty with her tit-for-tat right now [[instead of just being the bigger person)."


and:

Yes, GM may very well pay their wages, but GM needs the workers just as much if they expect to build cars & supply parts for customers to repair their vehicles."