Text 42745, 63 rader
Skriven 2006-11-18 14:50:37 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 42710 av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
Ärende: (1/2) Insults
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18 Nov 06 07:01, TIM RICHARDSON wrote to BOB ACKLEY:

 TR> On 11-17-06, BOB ACKLEY said to ROSS CASSELL:

 BA>> They could if the unions would cooperate.  But the UAW is a
 BA>> monopoly, it doesn't HAVE to cooperate, the unionized auto companies
 BA>> give it what it wants or they go out of business.  Of course, given
 BA>> the demands the UAW has made and continues to make, they're on their
 BA>> way out of business - or out of the country - anyway.

 TR> I think Ronald Reagan led the way on the methods to use when dealing
 TR> with unions who threaten to cripple an entire indistry by a
 TR> `walk-out';

And has proven to work more than once.

 TR> Stand up from the bargaining table and tell them `fine.......walk
 TR> out. Don't wait till your `deadline' day, do it now, today.' And walk
 TR> out of the room.

 TR> When the `walk-out' occurs........put out a company publication sheet
 TR> to all workers coming to pick up their paychecks, with the paycheck
 TR> stabled to the publication (no excuses about `oh well..*I* didn't see
 TR> that!' later down the road), stating that anyone.......*anyone*, who
 TR> absents themselves from their job and\or assigned work station
 TR> without proper authorization, need not bother to return as they no
 TR> longer are employed by this company.

That happened in San Diego between Solar Turbines and the IAM union. Those
who wanted to remain employed were told to be at their work station
on such and such a date without their union cards. Shop Stewards were not
allowed in unless they signed an affidavit stating that they no longer
represented the union.

 TR> It would take only a few months to fill their jobs with new workers;
 TR> by years end production would be almost up to the same scale it was
 TR> previously, and people would be standing in line waiting to fill out
 TR> applications!

It was really funny. Those who refused to believe Solar's management team
and stuck by their union officers were out in the cold, replaced by
'scabs'... :o)

 TR> And the union? could go chase its tail!

 TR> End of problem. If one single auto manufacturer, or trucking company,
 TR> or mass production factory did that, the unions would be destroyed.

GM could probably still do it and survive, maybe Chrysler with MB's
backing, but Ford is in deep doodoo right now and would probably need
government subsidies to survive it.

 TR> The unions are one of the biggest problems this country has.

Agreed.

               R\%/itt




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