G.M. To Offer Buyouts To All UAW Workers

[Cobrabill]

Union trash is only part of the problem.Bone-headed decisions coming from the 14th floor for the past 40 years is the real issue.

[Ron61]

Hasn't that and the lack of quality over several years been one of the biggest problems. Leadership in all levels is not very good at either company I don't think. To much of this worked 20 years ago and it is what we are going to do now.

Ron

[nevermind65]

Originally Posted by Cobrabill

Union trash is only part of the problem.Bone-headed decisions coming from the 14th floor for the past 40 years is the real issue.

Boy...you have that right.

Here's a good one. There is a GM plant not too far away from my house. The last time they offered buyouts, 800 out of 1100 took the buyout. Guess what? There weren't enough workers to run the factory anymore, so GM turned around and hired half the old workers back as temps to run the place. They gave them all their benefits and compensation back also. The difference? They couldn't join the union as temps. Although some have been working as temps so long, they apparently are eligible to join the union again!

You would THINK somebody would have thought of this before offering the buyout to all those workers.

[bomelia]

Aside from the unions (vomit), the one issue that sticks out in my mind is INOVATION. And that goes for all of the US automakers. Been following Japan's lead for years now. Thats not how you stay #1. Then again, the unions could be the root of it. Maybe its hard to inovate when ya got BILLIONS in obligations to workers and past workers.

Unions killed Eastern Airlines. And they will continue to do so in other industries.

Maybe its hard to be an inovative car company when your primary business is supplying a teat for every auto worker.

Am I being too harsh?

Mike

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by bomelia

Aside from the unions (vomit), the one issue that sticks out in my mind is INOVATION. Mike

To your point-the last innovative thing GM did was the Corvair.