Union Rejects Ford Concessions Deal

[mikebsit]

Good morning,
I saw this headline this morning and became a little disgusted. I think it is time for the UAW to go the way of the dinosaur. With the help of the UAW, we have decimated American Automobile manufacturing in this country. American Auto companies cannot compete against other brands with their legacy costs and inefficient labor practices.
American workers do not need a labor union that is self-serving and destructive. Labor Unions tie the hands of the companies they are suppose to serve. It is no wonder the Japanese brands are kicking our butts. How many union stewards do those companies have to deal with in order to build their cars. Unions create inefficient lumbering giants that cannot produce and eventually die. How many more people in this country have to lose their jobs? Do we need another example of Chrysler or GM?

Thank you

[Frank Chloupek]

The original article can be found here:

http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArti...rticleID=20315

[tsabbad]

Here here. I used to work at the NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA a few years back, and Toyota decided recently to shut it down. It was their first factory in the US, and the only one to have UAW representation. Japanese and German factory workers have been agreeing to wage DECREASES for the past several years now, even ahead of the financial crisis. Both of the those countries have a much better capacity to think long than people here. So, Ford posts a profit in ONE quarter, and the UAW decides to sabotage the only American auto company with a fighting chance to survive this economic maelstrom. The UAW, and American culture in general, needs to change, and it will, but we're going to have to suffer for a while before it happens. This is going to be a long road.

[CI Guy]

Keep in mind that according to the article the UAW actually endorsed this contract. It was the local group that voted it down. I am by no means a fan of the UAW but I do not think this one is on them. Unless you take into account that they have helped foster this attitude amongst their members that they and not their employer should be the ones that profit when cars are sold.