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It seems that the Unions concerned would not agree to wages being cut to levels paid by other Auto manufacturers within the US.
Silly people, it is better to have a job that pays something than have no job at all.
When will they realize that the gravy days are over?
Ron Gettelfinger, UAW president
"I'm not sure exactly what we mean when we say bring wages in line... I think the men and women of the UAW, who have worked so hard to help these companies succeed, have made numerous concessions up to this point in time," Gettelfinger said. "And we should be given some recognition and some credit for that."
There's no reason why the workers should have to pay for the errors caused by irresponsible capitalists. If the capitalists can't handle running the show then give them the boot.
PeteEU, the Unions get part of the blame in this instance because they sought and forced a weakly managed Company to cede to their ridiculous demands.
They did this by using the threat of strike action.
While it is obviously the job of the Unions to obtain the best deal possible for their members it is also the Unions responsibility to know that the Company will not be harmed by these demands.
In effect the Unions have to realise that by excessive demands a Company will go bust, then they are not really defending their members jobs.
The Unions and their members are going to have to be realistic, either tone down their demands or lose their jobs.
Unemployment pay in the US is so completely unlike unemployment pay in the UK, in the US it does not continue endlessly, their is no Social Security payment after the Unemployment benefit runs out.
But then in the US we do not pay near $8.00 per gallon of fuel.
Funny how the unions get the blame here, when in fact it was the Republicans that killed the deal.. oh well, welcome to a million+ new unemployed America and hundreds of billions in extra money need for them.
The unions get the blame for hurting the companies' competiveness.
It's a mix of both. High wages force vehicle prices up so the company can't sell. If prices were lower those cars would be selling at a much higher level.What do you think has a bigger impact. That the wages are high or the product is crap?
And if you want "competitiveness" then slave labour is the way to go.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US car bail-out talks 'collapse'
It seems that the Unions concerned would not agree to wages being cut to levels paid by other Auto manufacturers within the US.
Silly people, it is better to have a job that pays something than have no job at all.
When will they realize that the gravy days are over?
If prices were lower those cars would be selling at a much higher level.
I disagree with you there. Some of GM's cars are quite competitive, but they are crap. I for one would be willing to pay a little extra for American made if it wasn't so lousy.
It is the quality of the product and word of mouth that is hurting the company the worst. Bad decisions and bad directions.
Yes, I agree the unions do get some of the blame, but definitely not the majority of it.
The problem is that the union leaders and the corporate leaders are not the ones to ever pay the price for their bad decisions and that is wrong.
Buick is #1 in China. I think they are building good cars these days after years of making crappy ones.
I disagree with you there. Some of GM's cars are quite competitive, but they are crap. I for one would be willing to pay a little extra for American made if it wasn't so lousy.
It is the quality of the product and word of mouth that is hurting the company the worst. Bad decisions and bad directions.
Yes, I agree the unions do get some of the blame, but definitely not the majority of it.
The problem is that the union leaders and the corporate leaders are not the ones to ever pay the price for their bad decisions and that is wrong.
The unions get the blame for hurting the companies' competiveness.
There's plenty of blame to pass around, but I certainly wouldn't put the unions at the top of the list. Nary a bitch I've hear about the executives and CEOs of the NA big 3 who collected millions upon millions of dollars of salary and bonuses for doing the absolute worse job imaginable. If the workers were making them that poor, how do you explain this bonus trough?
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