•Correction: The seniority date to hold the plant is 2-9-2000 with last four of 5000. Sorry for the error.
•The UAW Constitutional Convention begins Monday, June 14 and runs through Thursday, June 17.
•Speculation is increasing that Chinese leaders, by allowing strikes to occur, are admitting that wages need to rise and they might be particularly open to strikes at Japanese manufacturers such as Honda. But Zhou Xiaozheng, a well-known sociologist and professor at Renmin University in China, puts a damper on higher expectations for the fledgling labor movement. "It's hardly possible for labor unions to be effective, and for the (Communist) party it is absolutely taboo," Zhou said. "No group can represent our people, except the Communist Party."
•From the Chicago Tribune:The Cubs got the go-ahead from the City Council today to install an illuminated Toyota sign that will loom over the left field bleachers at Wrigley Field. With the council's approval, the team can get to work on putting up the 360-square-foot sign, which will be affixed to beams that stand about 50 feet above the back of the bleachers at the historic ballpark.
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