...of directors, a trend in Europe. Donahue stated that such moves "offer little to American unions ... we do not want to blur in any way the distinctions...the respective roles of management and labor in the plan." If unions were to become a "partner in management," he suggested, they would likely be "the...

...Donahue, executive assistant to the president of the AFL-CIO, states US labor's position emphatically: "We do not seek to be a partner in management— to...partner in success and the senior partner in failure. . . . [Codetermination] offers little to American unions in the performance of their job unionism role...

...American unions have won equality at the bargaining table, we have not sought it in corporate boardrooms. We do not seek to be a partner in management — to...respective roles of management and labor in the plant. We guard our independence fiercely — independent of government, independent of any political party,...

...table, we have not sought it in corporate boardrooms. We do not seek to be a partner in management—to be, most likely, the junior partner in success and...respective roles of management and labor in the plant. We guard our independence fiercely—independent of government, independent of any political party,...

...union officer, if unions were to share decision making with management as partners, the unions would be "most likely the junior partner in success and the senior partner in failure" (p. 110).42 Other objections of unions to codetermination stem from the fear of losing power, the possibility...