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Article: Pragmatism permeates bargaining.(News)
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- Tire Business
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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There's something unusual in the air. No, it's not the smell of fall with its warm sunny days, cool nights and crimson-colored leaves.
It's something else: Harmony... or maybe simply pragmatism.
Whatever the case, it has been an unusually peaceful and speedy negotiating season between the United Steelworkers (USW) union and thus far two of the U.S.'s three largest tire manufacturers.
There's been little of the emotional volatility and lengthy wrangling of negotiating periods in recent years.
Nor is there any indication that the outcome will be any different with the third company with which the union is negotiatingBridgestone Americas ...