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U.A.W.
Caterpillar, the heavy-equipment maker, went through years of ugly conflict with the United Automobile Workers union during the 1990's, only to emerge a stronger company for employees and shareholders alike. An equally intriguing question is whether the U.A.W. has any sense of its own part in this mad tango. You can't blame a union for getting whatever it can for its workers, but imagine if, a generation ago, the U.A.W. had sought and accepted an actual ownership stake in G.M. instead of untenably high wages and costly benefits.