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Why are we measuring our workers against slaves? Why is it bad to want health care, fair wages, and security? Why do so many of you hold this elitist attitude that only the college educated deserve good pay?

Their is a war going on against the middle class in this country and the unions are on the good side.

And if you are going to blame the unions for GM's problems, please just kill yourself, you having nothing to offer the world in terms of coherent thought.

The line workers don't design the cars. The workers did not ignore the changing trends in fuel efficiency and interior design. The line workers didn't decide to shelf the ev vehicle 10 years ago. Wake up.]]>Oct 10th 2007 11:48AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
So, in summary, I hate the unions because the unions care less for their members than the Automobile execs do... Power is the only thing the Union leaders are concerned with, preserve it over all else...]]>Oct 10th 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 12:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
The good of the party above the good of the Country/People yada yada....

Problem is the lame ass Democrats is not much of an option.]]>Oct 10th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
Please educate yourself on this subject before posting.

Nobody is talking about slave wages, or even REDUCING wages for that matter. We are, however, talking about:

-Eliminating the jobs bank
-401K's, not pensions
-Competitive health care to SALARIED workers (oh, the humanity!)
-No inefficeint work rules
-No mandatory overtime
-No free life insurance, dental, etc.

What is so unreasonable about this?

Like I said, keep the $27/hr, that is not the problem.

Why should UAW workers get 2 to 3 times their market rate compensation for the manufacturing sector?

You blame management, but I think management is doing a pretty good job (especially GM) considering they have $1500 - $2000 PER VEHICLE disadvantage.

Tell me. How do you expect to compete with this type of disadvantage?]]>Oct 10th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 12:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/they may not design the cars but when I look at the vast expanse of hard plastic in my HHR, I can only think of the higher quality materials that could have been used if not for the exorbitant costs of the UAW.]]>Oct 10th 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
"Why is their so much hate towards unions? I'm sorry that these guys don't want to work for 7 dollars an hour with no pension. I'm sorry that China and India use slave labor to make their products."

Seven dollars an hour? Try THIRTY. Slave labor? Take a look around you... import manufacturers take roughly an $800 hit per vehicle to cover pension and healthcare... domestics under the guise of the UAW? Something like $3500, I want to say $3700.

The UAW is destroying not only the domestic auto makers, but THEMSELVES and a large portion of our economy, slowly, without even noticing.

They're too concerned with the short-term, and have seemed to invest zero care into the long-term.]]>Oct 10th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
A single McDonald's doesn't generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue in a single day. One assembly line does. Sometimes, depending on the product, it's per HOUR.

I agree, there is much fat to be trimmed, and as a recent hire for General Motors (of which, I thank the UAW), I've seen the elderly workers who hate to work. But what I've seen much more of is either managerial incompetence or management taking advantage of workers who don't know their rights (I'm talking legal rights, as established by state and federal labor laws).

I love General Motors, honestly. I love their products, I'm working on a degree to move up in the company. But I've seen the system firsthand, and I know that the only thing that matters to them is the bottom line. Not you, not your health, but how much product they can ship out.

Say what you want about the path the UAW has taken in negotiations over the past thirty years (I personally disagree with most of it, especially pricing themselves well beyond the market), but I know for damn sure that not a single benefit I have is from the good graces of management.]]>Oct 10th 2007 4:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
That's just me.]]>Oct 10th 2007 2:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
They do have alot to lose, but since they also did not get the concessions for the healthcare that was given to GM and Ford years ago. I bet this will be a tough fight. They should just sever ties and immediately start to hire and train new workers. It's not like any of that would have to show on the "books" since they don't need to show any of that to anyone.]]>Oct 10th 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
new workers = new mindsets = better productivity. who's gonna complain in this economic climate when you got a decently paying job? damn unions destroying america. where else can u demand a raise, bonus, free healthcare all for being lazy? yes its been rehashed for all eternity, but damn, it still gets me angry. can you imagine if they went on strike in corporate (read non blue collar) america? they couldnt be shown the door fast enough. monkeys-the lot of them.

cerberus 1, uaw 0]]>Oct 10th 2007 11:52AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/Oct 10th 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/10/uaw-chrysler-strike-is-on/
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