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>> reporter: well, it's good news that ford and general motors are back at the negotiating table for the second day in a row after the targeted strike plan rolled out by the uaw. a spokesperson said they're back to the stable. we heard from john thamel on morning shows, he said there's not been a ton of progress in the negotiations. it's been slow. and he also said it's a no-go on the historic offers by the big three of 20% wage increases over the next four years. the unit wants 40%. i want to bring in rose salecky. she's been working the at ford for over 40 years. you know what's going on, four-day work week and production from the ev transmission. what's been the priority for you? >> to help the lower seniority people. >> reporter: tiered wages, folks coming in at lower >> i came in at $12.77 an hour. they're making just over $17 an hour 30 years later. there's no way that the economy with the cost of everything that they could handle, i have a 21-year-old and a 25-year-old and they have to live at home because they can't afford an apartment. >> do they work for ford as well? >> no. i don't want them to. >> reporter: why don't you want them to? >> wear and tear on your body. just -- >> reporter: i want to ask you about the 40% that the union has been holding steady to. those wage demands. obviously the big three have offered 20. what's a fair compromise for you? >> i'd say 25 to 30, you know, it's right down the middle. it's -- we gave up a lot in 2008 to help ford out during the recession. we didn't get any raises for three contracts so it's time for us to get something. >> reporter: how much patience do you see here on the picket lines, people willing to you wait this out, you willing to wait this out? >> yeah. everybody has been awesome. morale is high. we've seen unions, nurses and teachers and everybody come by and tell us that, you know, good for you. >> thank you so much, rose. appreciate it. we know that hakeem jeffries, minority lead are hakeem jeffries just arrived across the street at the uaw local. and we're also hearing that acting labor secretary julie sue actually headed to detroit at some point in this coming week to try to help move these negotiations along. president of the uaw says he wants to work out a deal with the big 3 without help but president biden sending administration official before this escalates even further. >> rose's comments there, they really hit home. a big appreciation to her honesty and candor there on what life is like and the purpose of why she and others are striking. let's get more analysis now on the strike and the hope and the negotiations. i'm joined now by cindy, a professor at the law school in michigan. how is this being interpreted if you're one of the big three automakers? >> well, her comments really go to the big pay disparity between the ceo, the higher level executives and the rank and file. and i think that 40% number comes from the amount of raises that the executives were enjoying over the last four years or so so i think they've locked into that that if they can get it, why can't we? and the rank and file, as i understand it were at more like 6% during that period of time. this really brings up an issue that's i think been burning in the popular press and academic circles. should the pay gap between top executives and average workers be so high? we're running about 300 times -- the ceos are earning about 300 times the average workers of the united states. that's a pretty big number. so how do you close the gap? should you close the gap? are we comparing apples and oranges? and in some ways we really are. in other ways when the rank and file sees they can afford it from the top executives. >> and then who is going to resolve that pay gap if not the people who make decisions for those big three automakers who are enjoying very sizable profits? >> exactly. and it's been a tricky, tricky issue for a long time. so on the one hand you want to get the best talent for your executives and you have to pay a market rate for that. and you're comparing the market. no executive wants to be at the low end of the pay scale so you've got that competition. companies want to roll out that we've got the best, the brightes, the most talented. so there's really pressure on the high pay scales for that. we've got the sec trying i think to roll it in i think a little bit. in 2018 they require companies to publish this pay ratio but afraid that actually publishing it it tells the executives what everybody else is making and it may end up feeding the increase along the way. >> so when representatives of the car makers say the demands of the uae of a 40% pay increase, that that would drive them out of business, is that to be believed? is it that extreme? is there some middle of the road, then, if that is the case that it would drive them out of business? 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how do you do this? how have you done it? >> well, my mother was a songwriter, she was a cuban exile and i was born in the states but she was always struggling to get her songs out there, even though we lived nin the liberty city section of miami. i just had this drive, this hustle inside of me to make it. they always say it takes, you know, 50% hustle and 50% talent. i think it really takes way more hustle than talent. >> oh my goodness. so share a little bit about your songwriting success. thank goodness for the great genes of your mom that she was a songwriter so you kind of had a framework, you ever grew one a framework of how to make it happen. but what is the process? do you have like an artist in mind sometimes, you know, like a ricky martin or a steven tyler where you are kind of channel them and say i think they would sound like this, they would really appreciate these lyrics? do you visualize as you're trying to right? >> well, most of the time i'm collaborating with the artist. because, you know, i think that's the best way to get on a record because the artist is going to want to do something that's personal to them. so that's how i do it. i don't stick with a style, i stick with a story. it's all about the story. what is going on with that person. and usually, you know, i'm there within a few minutes, they're telling me everything that's going on and they're crying or laughing and that goes into the song. >> how much of your story ends up in the songs, even though you're collaborating with an artist? how much is there kind of an exchange of personal experiences to make a song just right? >> well, i think all of us in a writing session are bringing our story to the table. when i co-wrote "living on a prayer," john bon jovi was talking about doing a song about a working class couple that was struggling to make ends meet, and he knew bonnie and joel from high school and i had a girl friend at the time, maria vidal, and we had our group and she worked as a waitress at a diner and her waitress name was gina. so that's how gina got into the song. >> oh, that's so fun. so you really have a personal relationship with these songs. these really are your babiess are aren't they? they come out out of this collaboration, the story telling. it sounds very personal. and i also read that joan jett that while there can be all these great successes, there can be some resentments, too, meaning some of the singers may want it to see more of their own and perhaps ghost you in a way? i mean, explain how that happens or how you have coped witht and if that's ever taken a toll on you. >> i think that the critics really did that to performers because a lot of them aren't really naturally songwriters. so you come to the table and you try to pull it out of them, pull the story out of them. and so then later on the record company, the publicity companies say, oh, don't talk about desmond. nobody cares about that. and so in the end, you know, i sort of, you know, now of course people can see that i'm a real person and that i helped, that i collaborated, i was part of the creative process. and so that's how that happens. i'm not resentful at all really. people have to get out there and do what they have to do and, you know, they're the ones that have to be at the television station, at cnn at 6 in the morning, you know, and really work hard on tour to make those songs hits. >> i know so many of the artists in the industry are so grateful for your dedication to the craft, your creative, how you have, you know, really made this journey a very personal one and so i wonder now how you are able to make some decisions about how to put this in book form in, you know, the craft of putting to the a memoir. did you borrow from some of the process of lyrics, you know, of songwriting and transfer it to now book writing? how did you do this? >> well, i had a magnificent collaborator, david ritz, who has written some of the biggest books and so many times he's ghosted, sometimes he's given credit. he did "respect", the one they made the movie out of with jennifer hudson about aretha franklin. i knew what i read a review of one of his books that he was the one. so i went to be interviewed -- that's right, me being interviewed -- he asked me two questions and i burst into tears and i knew he was the one that would be the one to do the book with me. and it took us seven years to write it. we wrote it in greece, we wrote it in new york, we wrote it in l.a., we wrote it in nashville and bit by bit he would ask me questions and that was transcribed and then he'd weave it all together. and he's a magnificent writer so i can't take all the credit! >> oh, that's funny. >> i learned my lesson with that, right? >> i was going to say, full circle, right? you're kind of dishing about yourself in a lot of ways, right? are you dishing about others, too, in your book? >> well, for me it's been like a seven-year jailhouse confession, a real reckoning about who i am and all the things i did right and a lot of things that i did wrong. and so, you know, i'm not, you know, i'm not at all concentrating on what so and so did in that. it's my reaction to everything that happened in my life. so that's where the story is. and it goes pretty deep, you know, it it really does. >> i look forward to jumping into that memoir. so meantime while this is the focus of your memoir, are you already thinking about the next songwriting project? are you envisioning anyone you would love to collaborate with, work with, any kind of new artist out there that you think would appreciate your talent? >> i've been working with the greatest artist of all time, barbra streisand. and i solely wrote a stong for h -- song for her called "lady liberty," which was on her last recorded album "walls." i've been quietly writing more songs for her. she hasn't heard them yet. i'm on pins and needles and i'm waiting for her to finally say, okay, let me hear the songs. >> i'm sure she is going to be giving you a call very soon about that kind of upcoming collaboration and project making. desmond child, great talking to you. congratulations on the book, "living on a prayer," big songs, big life," releasing this tuesday. all right, coming up, all this week our special champions for change series, stories that spotlight every day people who don't make headlines but smash barriers and inspire others to do the same. here's a quick preview. >> here we go, here we go. come on. let's go. >> it was about how many people you can help. >> i feel inspiration and pride. >> cnn spotlights the change makers who inspired them. >> she teaches you to break through that fear to get to where you need to be. >> turns out that one human being can be a lot. >> she's opening the door for people that are desperate for freedom. >> these aren't throwaway animals. these are precious beings. >> see how he's human beings, use heart, liberty and grit to lift people up. >> i surround myself with positive people. they help me be that inspiration. >> champions for change. all this week on cnn. rgan personal advisors. hey,y, david! ready to get started? 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