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See How They Say It: Labor Bedevil

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Can we get a rewrite on that lead?

Again, the capitalist double standard strikes Korean workers. Here’s how the trouble looks on CNN [July 8]: “SEOUL (Reuters) – Workers at Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, returned to work on Thursday after settling a pay deal, but labor unrest was set to bedevil the Korean auto industry as GM Daewoo workers opted to strike.”
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  • But? Does “management arrogance” ever “bedevil” GM in the lead paragraph? The story goes on to explain that GM’s plans for the purchase of Daewoo fail to specify a date for its takeover of the oldest Daewoo auto plant in Korea.

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    The story continues: “Analysts have said higher labor costs could reduce local automakers’ competitive advantage over high-wage U.S. and Japanese rivals and help accelerate a trend of job outsourcing spurred by cheap costs in China.”
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  • But? What takes blame for “accelerating” outsourcing? GM management?

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    Why don’t we send this back to the copy desk for a union re-write: “GM’s failure to specify provisions for workers at Daewoo’s oldest auto plant forced Korean auto workers to assume the strike position…again. ”

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