Business: Bending Those Guidelines-Again

Advice for the Administration: "Stay the hell away "

When they sit down to bargain with the car and truck manufacturers this summer, the United Auto Workers intend to drive right over President Carter's wage guidelines. This was made clear by the 3,500 delegates who crammed Detroit's Cobo Hall last week for a special convention to sort out contract demands. Douglas Fraser, the U.A.W.'s blunt president, vowed to ignore the guides when negotiations begin on the new contract (the current one expires Sept. 14). Thundered Fraser: "The...

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