Pitt Professor Says National UAW Strike Against GM Reflects a Pivotal Point in the Negotiations

PITTSBURGH-Pitt Professor Marick Masters says the UAW strike reflects a pivotal point in the negotiations.

"The union is intensifying the pressure on GM to make concessions. GM's position regarding concessions has to be balanced with its global competitiveness."

Masters is a professor of business administration and the director of the Center on Conflict Resolution and Negotiation in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published extensively on a wide variety of business and organizational topics in numerous disciplines. Masters serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Labor Research, edits the annual volume "International Perspectives on Employment Dispute Resolution," and was formerly the editor of the "Association for Conflict Resolution Workplace Section News." Masters is also the author of a monthly column in the "Pittsburgh Business Times."

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