That's a somewhat unusual and progressive view compared to many others in the corporate sector. The fact his company was willing to create a benefit for companies he never owned is exceptional.

Radical surgery like that proposed at Delphi is no solution at all. It is a formula for demise, if not confrontation.

We've been told this is not an irrevocable decision.

If they had been part of our union, they might not be in the position they are in today. They did not have company-wide leverage in the discussions about their future. USW workers are protected because we have company-wide leverage. It's the breadth of our representation throughout the company that gives us more strategic bargaining leverage.

We've always said there aren't too many steelworkers, there are too many steel companies. That's been our position for several years.