UAW On Strike

[Cobrabill]

F the UAW......

[RICK LAKE]

Ron 61 The jobs are gone already. There is NOTHING the unions can to but strike and CRY. Plants are being shut down when the contracts are over. UAW can thank the fisher body plants for starting this snowball, followed by delco. They stopped all work for GM alone. Big I worked for GM in linden NJ and the Ford plant in Edison for 3 years 2 months. All the Auto builders are going to Mexico, China, Korea, Russia, and gods knows where else. Rumor has it the one of the big 3 has over 2 miles of buildings that are going to do ALL the auto building for a division. The UAW can thank themselves for protecting the crap workers who where drunk, high, late, or just didn't care about there jobs. The people who cared are the ones getting the shaft. It's almost impossible to fire a line worker for not working. I know, I have been through many a problem worker being a GU line worker. There is a car that gets 50+ MPG and is coming to the US. Price will be about $3,000.00 dollars. Just like the YUGO. Gas is going to go up I am guessing $3.50 per gallon by summer. This country can't survive on services alone with out manufactoring and building things. I am not talking about HOUSES. This is why the country is in the crapper now. New president is screwed. There is a flushing sound just starting, I hope we are all ready for the ride. Rick L. Ps any body on the northeastern coast want to start a solar panel manufacturing company. This is a 20 billion dollar enterprise that is about to start. Cali made it mandatory thatany home build in 2020 has to have full solor system. The Gas and oil companies DON'T want this.

[Wayne Maybury]

The only thing the Big 3 have in common that is not the same for all of the off-shore auto producers is the UAW. The UAW doesn't want to recognize that they have fewer and fewer members while the non-unionized auto workers numbers are growing all the time. Probably the biggest problem with the unionized workers is that the employer cannot get rid of the dead wood. The good quality workers get fed up and end up quitting or just going along with the rest of the workers. Few if any can strive for excellence.

The UAW tried to unionize one foreign owned auto plant quite a few years ago. It was the Hyundai assembly plant in Bromont, Quebec. Hyundai closed the plant down within weeks after the union was certified.

The UAW is probably the biggest problem the Big 3 have today. This strike shows that the UAW still does not see the big picture.

Wayne