For Americans with more than a casual interest in the manufacturing sector of the U.S., the summer of 2007 was spent in hopeful anticipation of the labor agreement between the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and General Motors Corp.-and, ultimately, Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Co. That the Big Three have slipped in U.S. and international importance is undeniably documented by the precipitous slide in their market share and the massive red ink they have piled up. The press and financial industries have published much about the uncom-petitive cost side, driven by the twin evils of high wages and excess employees, and the public's negative reaction to the aging models offered by the Big Three.
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机译：对于那些对美国制造业不甚感兴趣的美国人，2007年夏天度过了对美国汽车工人联合会（UAW）工会与通用汽车公司（最终与克莱斯勒有限责任公司）之间劳资协议的期盼福特汽车公司（Ford Motor Co.）的三大巨头在美国和国际上的重要性正在下滑，无可否认的是，它们的市场份额急剧下滑，而且积累了大量的红色墨水。媒体和金融业已经发表了很多有关非竞争性成本方面的信息，这是由于高工资和过度雇员的双重弊端，以及公众对三巨头提供的陈旧模式的负面反应所致。
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