Living With Labor

Living with LaborSome years ago, I sat at the bargaining table with a group of labor-union representatives who sought to negotiate a new contract with a company I owned. Union demands centered around an hourly wage increase which I knew the company could not afford to grant in full. I did, however, believe we could meet the demands half way, and felt that such an increase was justified.Before the negotiations began, my labor-relations "experts" urged me to give no hint of this in the e...