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Miller: Delphi must reduce North American labor costs.(News)(Robert Miller)
Crain's Detroit Business, June, 2005 by Kosdrosky, Terry
Byline: Terry Kosdrosky The hiring of Robert "Steve'' Miller as Delphi Corp.'s CEO is a signal to unions, employees and executives that it won't be business as usual. Drastic changes are needed at auto supplier Delphi, and Miller said last week he's diving right into negotiations with the United Auto Workers to try to rein in Delphi's high North American labor costs.
Miller, 63, led short-term turnarounds at Federal-Mogul Corp., Bethlehem Steel Co. and Waste Management Inc. Federal-Mogul and Bethlehem both wound up in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. That's a signal not only to the UAW, but to other executives and employees, said David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor. He likened Miller's hiring to that of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan...
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