Monica's Sketch #2

In the following piece, I picked out all the sentences starting with "we" from the CAW president statement addressed to their members.

I'm interested in how they use their language when communicating to their members ... how does their use of language affect the public vs. the internal members' perception?

Statement from CAW President Ken Lewenza Regarding Canadian and U.S. Auto Restructuring Announcements (March 30, 2009)

• we'd lose up to 600,000 jobs.
• We'd go from recession to depression overnight.
• We all have a stake in keeping this industry going in Canada.
• We're all counting on the jobs, the exports, the taxes that are generated by this industry.
• we could produce for Fiat in both our plants in Canada.
• we can negotiate adequate protections for Canada and preserve the Canadian footprint.
• We want Canada to do the same thing, in concert with the U.S.
• we move forward - to preserve our share of this vital industry.
• we could go further.
• we were inches away from a deal, the goalposts kept shifting.
• We were pawns in a bigger drama.
• we opened bargaining early with the three North American automakers, and reached an early settlement.
• We've never done that before in our history.
• CAW would be part of the solution, and to preserve our Canadian investment advantage that results from attractive hourly labour costs and superior productivity.
• we agreed to re-open our May 2008 contract, so that the CAW would be part of the solution, and to preserve our Canadian investment advantage that results from attractive hourly labour costs and superior productivity.
• We did what the government asked of us.
• We reached an agreement with GM, ratified by our members, in time for the March 31 deadline.
• We did that, and GM confirmed its value.
• We reached that deal and ratified it, on time.
• we were able to accomplish this in Canada.
• We would have ratified the same deal this past weekend (we had ratification meetings booked for Saturday and Sunday in all Chrysler locations).
• CAW active costs to the same as the U.S. transplants, and reducing our legacy costs.
• we have clearly done our job.
• We are not going to re-open our collective agreement with General Motors, which determines those active costs, one more time.
• We did it once ten months ago.
• we did it again one month ago.
• we committed to continue bargaining with Chrysler.
• We know why that is.
• We have a real advantage, thanks to our medicare system.
• we've done lots of innovative things at CAW to reduce legacy health costs further.
• we have more retirees to support,
• we have fewer plants and active workers to generate the funds needed to pay for legacy costs.
• We've allowed our industry to wither away.
• We've allowed imports to take the lion's share of our market.
• We can't take those entitlements away from them.
• We have no legal right to take those entitlements away from them.
• we want to.
• We will continue to engage in discussions with the companies and governments over how to control and manage legacy costs.
• we have proposed.
• CAW is willing to engage in wide-open tripartite discussions with the companies and with governments over how to address those legacy cost issues.
• We will continue bargaining with Chrysler.
• we will continue talking with the companies and the governments over legacy issues and how to manage them going forward.

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