Old habits are hard to break. It’s their very nature. This is the first time in 50 years or more that the unions have not been in the driver’s seat. Up to now they were dealing with fat cat auto maker execs who would give to their demands rather than risk their cushy jobs at the car maker. It didn’t matter to the execs if they were making deals that would eventually bankrupt their employer. They were living, and negotiating, for the moment or for that year’s contract. The future be damned. Give ‘em what they want.
It’s the same game now, but the players are different. The exec’s very jobs are on the line now. The final decision has been kicked upstairs, to the Congress. The union figures Congress has already given in once, what’s to lose by calling their bluff.
Sadly I fear Congress will cave again.
There is only one way for to end eventually and that’s for Congress to hold the line. Anything else will just be insuring further demands and threats from the unions.
For my money, I say let ‘em go bankrupt. Let the union guys see what the rest of us live with out here.
>> Sadly I fear Congress will cave again.
Why in the world would you think *that*? That sort of behavior by our wise elected officials would be unprecedented. ;-)
But seriously: good post.
Your comment: “Sadly I fear Congress will cave again.”
You are unfortunately correct here. Dems have many ties to organized labor which will place them in the tough spot of going against public opinion when they vote to give in to the unions.
That surely didn’t bother them when they voted for a very unpopular stimulus package .
The Congress knows that the UAW can deliver votes, Democrat Votes. The UAW Believes in socialism, the Taxpayers will support the Union contracts and lifestyle of the Local Officers. Bankruptcy, it aint gonna happen.