Comments on: UAW Workers Taking Strike Vote Over Having Too Much Work To Do

By: LaborUnionReport

LaborUnionReport — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:28:20 +0000

they’ll blame everyone else but themselves for their own demise.

By: makemyday

makemyday — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:22:44 +0000

have seen the writing on the wall and put a speedbump in place to prevent this from happening to them. Here in Michigan, the unions et al have a preponderous amount of power over the government, industry and education. This in spite the dismal economic conditions that exist in this state. The economy is run in the state using rules from the “UAW School of Economics” which basically states “we will determine how profitable you are”. The UAW hates shareholders even though the individual members themselves may be shareholders. They have the insane attitude that “they” own their jobs and the company cannot dictate terms to them. They firmly believe that because they have worked at building autos in plants that the various auto companies have provided they have somehow achieved a ownership status because “they work there”.

Simple story from Alpena, MI, a automotive supplier (largest employer in area outside the government) was a UAW shop. The UAW local decided they needed more and was rebuffed by the supplier. The supplier opened its books to the local, met with strikers on the line to explain that the supposed pile of cash they imagined did not exist. The strikers stayed out on strike with their demands, so the supplier closed its doors. GM came in and moved their dies out to another supplier out of state. While the plant was closing down for good and these several hundred jobs disappeared from the area, the UAW strikers manned their picket line in spite of what was happening to them.

What are you going to do?

By: Leopard1996

Leopard1996 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:48:03 +0000

And the reason why the auto industry is in the death spiral that it is. Only workers in pool X and go task Y, and can never get cross trained on task Z. I don’t think there is any other work place other than union shops where this s*&t flies

By: Karina

Karina — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:19:17 +0000

there are plenty of other Americans who will be more than happy to take their places. How difficult would it be to get rid of the union at Ford all together? With things the way they are concerning unemployment, how do the unions still have so much power at these companies. Is there a way to weaken their hold?

By: Steph C

Steph C — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:23:23 +0000

remind me of nothing more than becoming the thing they originally used to fight. At one time, I suppose they had some usefulness but these days they’re worse than the thing they organized against.