ker.Management's long term goals must be to guide American industry into the Global Market place while being as competitive as possible. We must do that while maintaining an ethical treatment of our work force. Management for the twenty first century must change the work force policies it has implemented towards the end of this century. We cannot show the disregard of our work force that reaped havoc on so many of our workers. American Industry cannot succeed without the cooperation and loyalty of its workers. An absolute goal of both management and Unions must be a cooperative open dialogue. The adversarial, confrontational relationship must be replaced by one of a common direction. America is no longer faced with an internal marketplace. Most all goods and services can be produced cheaper and just as easy abroad. Labor and Management alike must develop competitive techniques which can compete in a global market place while providing the benefits and compensation we have all come to expect.CompromiseJerry Borenstein makes an excellent point in his book Unions in Transition. In it he states, "Perhaps nothing better illustrates the profound changes in the role of unions in society today than what has happened in the auto industry itself. The current President of the UAW, Doug Fraser, has been elected to the board of directors of the Chrysler Corporation." ( 13 ) This exemplifies the need for Union leadership and management to coexist and ultimately succeed. Management needs to understand the changing nature and demographics of its work force. It needs to address the social issues that in previous generations it did not have to be involved with. It has done so as exampled by the implementation of child care programs, dependent care accounts for elderly family members and flex time for varying needs modern family life demands.Unions on the other hand need to take responsibility for the overall success of the companies that e...
