Posted by JML755 on May 04, 2009 at 09:07:27 from (66.184.63.110):
In Reply to: OT UAW posted by Dennis (VA) on May 04, 2009 at 07:27:48:
[quote="Dennis (VA)"](quoted from post at 10:27:48 05/04/09) Please explain how UAW doomed Detroit.
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There's plenty of blame to go around. I worked at GM for a number of years and have spent the last 30 on the supplier side walking around ALL auto plants (GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda,etc).
You are right that there is a lot of mismanagement. For years I was incensed that our management continued to give in to the demands of the UAW. And yes, they did hold a gun to their head. They call it a strike. And none of the top guys had the cojones to stand up to the rank-and-file because they were afraid of the short term effect on profits. It's gotten to the point that GM has to ASK PERMISSION from the UAW to close a plant! Management years ago (think Gerstenberg, Murphy, Smith, Stempel, Eaton) tied the hands of those that came after them by buying labor peace when times were good and not worrying about the future. Short term profits fueled their bonuses. Now, the golden goose has been killed. And who suffers the most? The working people who are NOT in the union (farmers, truck drivers, hardware store owners, doctors, etc) who invested in Blue Chip stocks and bonds like GM and who have lost EVERYTHING.
The maddening thing is that the media makes it sound like the only hard-working people in America are UAW members in an Auto plant. Which is as far from the truth as you can get.
Anyone who has to supply equipment to a UAW plant knows that the inmates run the asylum. They write grievances for every little thing just so they can get extra money. I personally have had grievances written for silly things such as I opened a cabinet door without an electrician present. (He left because his break time was in 10 minutes. The machine was down and the plant mgr wanted it up ASAP. We would have had to wait almost a half hour until he returned).
Sorry for the rant, but when all is said and done, GM will follow the Chrysler blueprint in Bankruptcy, the UAW will own a majority stake in both and I will NEVER buy a car from either one of those companies again.
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