CLC debates Good Samaritan Policy

U n io n s a n d m a n a g e m e n t often d o n ’t ag ree a t the b a r ­ g a in in g t a b le , b u t M o n d ay night, AFL-CIO Central Labor C ou n c i l P r e s i d e n t Bob Warnock, Jr. and AM General Vice P r e s i d e n t o f H u m a n Resources Gary Wuslicb agreed th a t un ions a re e s se n t ia l for the health of both workers and th e c o r p o r a t i o n a t “U n ion Forum: The Role of Unions in T oday’s Econom y,” a Higgins Labor Studies Program. “I believe there is a value to organized labor,” Wuslich, of AM General, the company tha t m a n u f a c tu r e s H u m m e rs an d HMMWVs, said. Wuslich said tha t he has tried to build positive re la tionships w i th u n io n s t h r o u g h o u t h is ca ree r , and h as tu rn ed down positions from m anufac tu r ing firms tha t do not negotiate with unions. Wuslich describes the efforts to organize labor as one of the “two great social movements of th e 2 0 th C e n tu ry ,” w ith the o t h e r b e in g th e civil r i g h t s movement. However, he sa id t h a t new generations do not understand th e i m p o r t a n c e o f u n io n s . “Very few p e o p le h a v e h a d exposure to unions and they do not understand w hat it took to ge t w h e re we a re to d ay ,” he