“get rid of all of those dead beat union workers, who have refused to work with GM in reducing costs”
While they are at it they might want to get rid of all those deadbeat mid and upper level management people.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m NOT pro union, but after working in the auto industry as an engineer, I can state with some authority that incompetent, egotistical, arrogant, “yes men” managers are at least as much to blame.
The big three have had warnings for YEARS that foreign quality was beating them. They failed to respond and are paying for it.
This is the country that put men on the Moon, but we cannot design a rear view mirror that stays where it is put???!@!!
Why is that?
Answer:
We can save 45 cents per vehicle if we use a molded plastic part instead of the milled aluminum mount.
“Engineering says that’s not adequate, but what do they know? Besides that, I’m the Boss.”
“I’ll be promoted because I saved the company $123,000 by using the plastic part. That’s what I’m evaluated on!”
Multiply that example by thousands of times and you have the pieces of sh*t that Detroit has been selling to Americans for years when they had no other choices.
People have other choices now.
The problem is NOT all deadbeat union workers.
It's amazing how common that thinking is in business today. That's exactly what keeps them investing in better equipment that will pay off in the future. Short-sightedness is an epidemic.
But all foreign manufacturers here are non-union and they are doing fine. The US manufacturers are infested with unions and they are sucking wind and are not doing fine.
Seems to me to be related.