“This is a very divided situation that...

“This is a very divided situation that will not be easy to get over. The two different outcomes don’t indicate a fundamental shift of opinion. There are still a lot of people almost evenly divided on both sides of this issue.”

--Harley Shaiken, a labor professor at UC San Diego, on the mood at the General Motors plant in Van Nuys, where workers first rejected and then approved a controversial job-sharing plan.