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1、百年通用掘墓人Office:andthe"windmill"DonQuixotefighting(上任:与“风车”作战的堂吉诃德)In2000,whenthe47-year-oldWagnerbecameuniversalacenturytheyoungestCEOinhistory,hefoundaboardtheshipingeneraltheappearanceofthepowerfulbehindfragile.ThemostfundamentalisthatheservedasCEOisfacingastrongopponenttochallengetoavoid:tradeuni
2、ons.
UAW,UnitedAutoWorkersunion,thelargestU.S.tradeunions.DuetothepresenceofUAW,GM'shourlywagesofskilledworkersto73dollars,whilerivalToyota'shourlywageofworkersisonly49dollars.
Ingeneral,employeesreceivefreemedicalinsurance,includingretiredworkers.Ingeneral,theworkersevenifthecannotdoit,wherealone,
3、youcangetovertime.Oringeneral,workersstillreceive95percentduringtheperiodofunemploymentpay,butalsoopen-ended"unemployed."Accordingtostatistics,theaverageGeneralMotors,with1500U.S.dollarsperemployeehealthinsurancecosts,whileToyotaisonly97U.S.dollars!
Thefaceofhumancostofthis"cancer"WagneronceBanqith
4、eDonQuixoterole.InOctober2005,WagnerreachedanagreementwiththeUnitedAutoWorkersuniontoreducehealthcare15billionU.S.dollarsofdebt.Amonthlater,heannouncedacorporaterestructuringplan:threeyears,laidoff30000,close9plants.January8,2006,attheannualDetroitautoshow,whenWagner'sspeech,whenhundredsofworkersin
5、thepavilionoutsidethecarholdinga"traitor,butalsomypension!"Bannerparade.
Inordertocalmtheworkersdissatisfiedwiththereductionofmedicalexpenditures,WagnerannouncedthattheyearIpayhalf,from4.8millionU.S.dollarsfellto2.4millionU.S.dollars,in2007,hethenfellto1.65millionsalary.Notlongago,heevenexpressedth
6、eirwillingnesstoplanandonlyoneU.S.dollarsayear.
However,Wagner'seffortscannotmelttheiceinseveraldecades.Eventoday,GMhasbeenatstake,unionsarestillrefusingtocutwagesdowntothesameaswiththeJapanesecounterparts.辉煌:抓住海外市场“救命稻草”August8,2008,theBeijingOlympicGames.Intheworldmarveledattheopeningceremony,Wa
7、gnerandmanyotherlargecompanieswiththeCEOwhoappearedintheluxuryboxes.Itseemsinthemedia,WagnerinthisimportantmomentinChinaisanatural.Becausenow,China,Russiaandotheroverseasmarketshasbecomeacommon"life-savings
