Text 16942, 42 rader
Skriven 2005-11-24 09:51:39 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
  Kommentar till text 16883 av Joe Delahaye (28117.fidonews)
Ärende: Collateral Damage
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23 Nov 05 18:50, Joe Delahaye wrote to Roy Witt:


 >>  PS> GM to shed 30,000 jobs and close a few more plants.
 >>
 >> GM fucked up and is now threatening to down-size to make up for what
 >> they lost in the fuck up. Happens to plenty of companies. They need to
 >> get rid of the bullshit cars like that Holden pile of crap and bring
 >> that production home.

 JD> Its the damn unions that caused this.  Both the UAW and the CAW earn
 JD> way too much money as far as I am concerned.

Damn Joe, that's the second time this week.

 JD> Sad state when a guy who installs wheels on a car all day long makes
 JD> $35 to $30 an hour or more, and people who went to school to earn a
 JD> diploma in some trade get $15 or so.

I think it's pretty bad when someone has to rely on union tricks and
contracts to hold a job. Even the incompetent are guaranteed a job for
life by the unions as long as they pay their dues.

However, in GMs case, they need to begin building cars that people want
and at a price they can afford. Dumping the unions would be a good
starter. If I needed a new car today, the only thing they have to offer
that would interest me is the Corvette or a pickup truck. FWD is so boring
and so expensive to repair, I just don't want anything to do with it. And
I've owned one, so I do have some experience with them.

A company I used to work for in the 60s did rid themselves of the IAM
union in the early 80s and is flourishing today. A friend of mine who made
$16/hour as a fork lift driver had to resign his union job as Shop Steward
and go back to work without a union to protect him. I was a forman with a
job shop at the time and he asked me to hire him. LOL! When he learned
what he was really worth, he quit asking.



Roy
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