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Moving in quicksand?

Here are two more media examples:

1. Talks for worker concessions at General Motors of Canada dragged on yesterday with some minor progress but no tentative deal.

Ken Lewenza, president of the Canadian Auto Workers, said last night that although there were some signs of movement, there would be no deal on big cuts in labour costs at the teetering automaker until at least today.

“We’re still moving in quicksand,” said Lewenza at a downtown hotel.

The union says the federal and Ontario governments and Washington, which are considering billions of dollars in public aid to GM, are trying to impose on workers here concessions similar to those of their U.S. counterparts.

The CAW, which represents more than 7,500 GM workers, has rejected “the cookie-cutter” approach. It is also resisting proposals that would make active employees pay into a pension plan for the first time and make retirees accept significant reductions in benefits to address the fund’s huge deficit.

The two sides and governments have been negotiating since May 11.

- Minor progress as CAW and GM talk concessions, Toronto Star, May 21 2009.

2. The Los Angeles Lakers have lost four straight for the first time since April 2007.

Their latest loss, a 109-99 defeat by the injury-depleted Houston Rockets on Wednesday night, prompted a reporter to ask Kobe Bryant if the Lakers have considered that they aren’t as good as they think they are.